Word: buts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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New York City a Congressional Medal for her work in Puerto Rico as an Army nurse 40 years ago during the Spanish-American War, recalled, "I tried to enlist, but was taken with an attack of mumps before I could do it."
¶ Defended the right of WPA workers to join unions, but said flatly and definitely that no Government employe has the right to strike.
¶Tried out his new "throne," a handsomely carved, high-legged walnut chair specially designed to seat him at eye level with those who file by him at official handshaking functions. Terribly tiring are all White House receptions, but worst is the diplomatic reception, social high light of the Washington...
To the disappointment of Washington society columnists, who came this time not to jot down details of furbelows and jewels, but to spy out diplomatic incidents, Nazi, British, French, Russian, Finnish envoys avoided each other with frigid finesse. Near-incidents: 1) Russian Ambassador Constantine Oumansky almost bumped into Finnish Minister...
He admitted faults and weaknesses in its administration. But, he said, "It seems strange to me that almost every day we should be reading of attacks on the Board and its personnel, but hardly anyone ever thinks of attacking those employers . . , who have flouted the law of Congress. . . ."