Word: brickers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Governor Bricker replied with strong criticism of WPA when President Roosevelt rebuked Ohio for: 1. Voting down the old-age pension scheme...
...wise guys who have been whispering, "Wait and see-Taft will fade out, then throw his support to Bricker," Ohio's Senator Robert Alphonso Taft and Governor John William Bricker had an answer last week. In Washington, they threw their arms around each other. Governor Bricker, once called a dark horse, said he was a horse of another color, would support Taft to the "last ditch." He frowned officially on a Chicago "Bricker-for-President" headquarters. Still some of the wise guys merely winked...
Last week the Cleveland chapter of the non-political American Association of Social Workers made public a report on conditions during those weeks, in the midst of which (Dec. 5) Governor John W. Bricker valiantly declared: "Nobody is starving in the State of Ohio...
...threat of suicide ... in four cases mothers threatened desertion and in two, mothers threatened to 'do away' with their children." Cleveland's crisis came to an end when the City Council approved a $1,050,000 bond issue, restored "full relief." Commenting on the report, Governor Bricker disowned responsibility, said his duty was "not from the standpoint of administration, but only to see that funds were available. Any lapse there was the sole responsibility of the local stations...