Word: campaign
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...School first conceived of the project when the Rockefeller Foundation gave it a large sum for "construction purposes." Since then, a "quiet campaign" has raised almost enough money to equal the government gift...
Discussing the role of the sales tax in the Boston mayoralty campaign, the governor felt that "the major part of this campaign was fought on the sales tax issue. But what effect that had on the election I don't know," since voters reasons are often capricious...
Chapman said that he proposes to spread "Rocky and Victory" literature, to organize "Rallies for Rockefeller" wherever the governor speaks, and to plan campaigns in state primaries and G.O.P. state conventions. The organization will also take straw polls, sponsor speeches by prominent Rockefeller supporters, advertise the "Rockefeller Record," and carry out a campaign of letters to editors...
...letter-writing campaign to the presidents of the nation's Young Republican Clubs has also been launched, in addition to an advertising campaign in selected student newspapers. The group also plans to send representatives to Governor Rockefeller to urge him to announce his candidacy...
...before. It headed a pool that put up a reputed $240 million to support the market. But the move had little effect. While Morgan's interests were relatively unscathed by the crash, the Depression spelled the end of concentrated banking power. The New Deal launched a campaign against "the princes of privilege." J. P. Morgan II was hauled down to Washington to appear before a whole series of investigations. Control of U.S. finance passed from Wall Street to Washington. Regulatory bodies were established, restrictive bills passed, the Federal Reserve strengthened. The Banking Act of 1933 forced Morgan to split...