Word: buts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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But last week, as Mr. Hull dickered desperately with Argentina for his 23rd trade agreement, the 23rd tide of complaints rolled in. Cattlemen, dairymen, manufacturers squawked louder than ever before. Not only had Republicans whipped up anti-agreement sentiment throughout the Midwest, but New Dealers from agricultural States had pledged...
January's session of the 76th Congress will be that opportunity. But by January Mr. Hull may not care. Soon the massive Argentine trade agreement will be concluded; hard on its heels, one with Chile; a third with Uruguay. With these 25 in Mr. Hull's pocket-agreements...
American Farm Bureau Federation members heard Mr. Hull respectfully. But their applause was most sincere when he promised to drop the trade agreements if ever they provably hurt the U. S. farmer. Next day they meekly adopted a resolution supporting Mr. Hull. For, if they were not quite farsighted enough...
Within the secretive confines of the Navy Department in Washington, a small war went on last year. Shy but stubborn Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison, who inherited the experimental instinct from his great father, Thomas Alva Edison, wanted the Navy to try out small, speedy, motor torpedo boats...
Phenomenal in 1938 was Robert Alphonso Taft's Ohio Senatorial victory over promising New Dealer Robert Johns Bulkley. Mr. Taft was phenomenally dull, phenomenally serious, phenomenally popular at the polls. Prissy, solemn, ponderous Mr. Taft was expected to fade away into the obscure routine of a freshman Senator. He...