Word: campaign
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...vote given Roosevelt makes it obvious that no opposition campaign manager could have won the election. Mr. Hamilton suddenly found himself faced with the task of mobilizing the forces of a major party in four months. Except in state and local governments he could not rely on patronage, as Mr. Farley could. Nor did he have a well greased machine of relief workers, AAA check recipients, and thousands of others receiving financial benefits from the government. Hamilton has great odds to figlit against, and he did the best he could under adverse circumstances...
...Missouri's Young Democrats.* The heir-apparent got his first big test last June when, at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Uncle Tom fell seriously ill of an intestinal ailment, was hospitalized. Young Jim, a platform committeeman at the Convention, went back to Missouri to run the campaign, earned a smashing triumph when the State returned record Democratic majorities for both national and State tickets. Last week in Kansas City, appearing at his offices for the first time since his illness, Tom Pendergast felt perfectly safe in turning over "active control" of his machine to Young Jim. Pale...
...Southern Society of New York in Manhattan last week, "once called me an unreconstructed rebel." The pleasant man, said Senator Glass, dropping the cloak of implication, was Franklin Roosevelt. Wrapping the light garment about him once more, the peppery little old Democrat then served notice that his campaign truce with the New Deal was over by enlarging as follows on an anecdote of a famed Confederate general: "Jube Early was an unreconstructed rebel to the day of his death. He used to come frequently into my newspaper office and one day he said to me: 'Carter, I had hoped...
...delegate. To meet this unpleasant fact of life, conferences many years ago invented committees to steer them. It was thus the fate of the Hull Pillars this week to be steered back to the steering committee. The Secretary of State, who is never downhearted or discouraged, commenced a lobbying campaign to nurse his brain children into health & strength while other statesmen give birth to theirs. Not wicked but as good as most mothers, the Conference statesmen pursued their Destiny...
...Last year, when Leemans played at George Washington University, he was not named on any major All-America team. Last summer, he worked as an instructor at Washington, D. C. playgrounds. When newspaper balloting for last September's All-Star college team began, Leemans' pupils organized a campaign that made his vote enormous. Selected for the team, he was outstanding in both All-Star games...