Word: campaign
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Campaign...
Franklin Roosevelt began his week beside the Hudson River, spent his midweek beside the Potomac River and before the week was out had crossed the South Platte River. Wherever he was, he was in the midst of his campaign for reelection. By accident or otherwise, his visitors at Hyde Park included leaders of groups which are giving him strong backing: Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of Manhattan, Monsignor Stephen Connolly of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York* and A. F. of L.'s William Green, who publicly promised that 90% of Labor's votes would be cast...
...Hyde Park Emil Hurja, the New Deal's No. i election dopester, worked out with Nominee Roosevelt a 5,000-mile campaign trip to cover as many doubtful states as possible. While they huddled over their maps and charts, red-headed Frank Murphy, High Commissioner to the Philippines and Democratic Nominee for Governor of Michigan, arrived. Not so happy are New Dealers in Michigan since Republican Senator Couzens took a drubbing in the primaries after announcing that he favored four more years of Roosevelt...
Although three weeks ago the President planned to take no long campaign trip, because in the present state of international affairs he "did not want to be away from his desk for more than five days," after his study of the state of political affairs with Mr. Hurja his projected journey by last week had grown twice that long. To Washington he went for three days to clean up official business. But the three days dwindled...
...their first rally at Brooks House last night approximately 100 Roosevelt Club members turned up to hear addresses by Congress an Robert Russell '14, John W. Newman, Boston Democratic committees and Edward F. Richard, Jr. 2L. All three confined themselves to remarking on campaign situations, nations or local...