Word: capitol
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Republicans at the Capitol, President Hoover sent word as follows: The U. S. is being flooded with cheap goods from foreign countries with depreciated currencies; unless these currencies can be stabilized. U. S. tariffs must be upped in self-protection. House Republicans responded by holding tariff hearings before the Ways & Means Committee...
...Last week Arkansas' Senator Robinson lunched Sir Ronald at the Capitol, took him on the Senate floor. Later Indiana's crude Robin- son flayed the Ambassador as a "lobbyist" for debt cancelation. Arkansas' Robinson promptly admitted that he had made a "mistake" in taking Sir Ronald on the floor, explained: "It was an unintentional disregard of the Senate rules. T did not refresh myself on them. The subject of international debts was not mentioned, much less discussed...
...North Dakota Capitol burned to. the ground two years ago (TIME...
Edward Ecklund, 50, and Harry Stumm, 48, paymasters, were entering the door of the almost completed new House Office Building at the southern edge of the Capitol Plaza in Washington last week. In Paymaster Stumm's pocket was a $2,000 payroll for the painters on the construction job. Overhead, through the bare twigs of trees, bronze Freedom stood guard on the great white dome of national Authority. Across the street rose the old House Office building, usually well policed. But neither Freedom nor police prevented what happened to Paymaster Ecklund and Paymaster Stumm...
Their weekly Washington letter ($25 per year) is a careful reflection of Capital sentiment on fiscal questions, with pros & cons duly weighed. It is long on discussion, short on prediction. In general it takes a long-range view. A half-dozen staffmen maintain personal contacts on Capitol Hill and in. government departments. The letters are compiled in the Munsey Building...