Word: caucus
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Even more ominous was the conduct of Edouard Herriot, again elected Leader of the Radical Socialist Party in caucus last week. Though he supported Premier Daladier in the Chamber, M. Herriot gave the impression that he hopes the new Cabinet will soon fall, hopes to succeed it as Premier of a "National Government" above party. In the Chamber, just before the vote of confidence. Radical Socialist Deputies significantly did not cheer when Leader Herriot lukewarmly appealed "for as large a majority as possible" for Radical Socialist Premier Daladier...
...result of an acute political situation. . . . There is some hope that South Africa will soon return to the gold standard. . . . Much will depend upon whether the Government is able to command a majority when Parliament meets." First test of strength was expected to come Jan. 14 at a caucus of the Transvaal Nationalist Party. If Judge Roos captures the caucus from Premier Hertzog, that may start a landslide sweeping the Judge into the Premiership...
Last week at the final 1932 caucus of the Government's "People's Party" or Kuomintang (TIME, Dec. 26), Dr. Soong, who graduated from Harvard in 1915, presented his historic, balanced budget with this laconic, Bostonian statement: "Gentlemen, the proof of the pudding is in the eating! . . . Our credit is enhanced, our bonds are selling 20% higher than last year. . . . The striking progress thus achieved offsets all hostile propaganda that China is in chaos with a tottering Government...
...soldiers of the Nanking Government were actually fighting the Soviet-financed armies of Communist bandits in Central China at the very moment when diplomats of the Nanking Government were exchanging documents of recognition with the Soviet union. This paradox was accepted in China with complacence. Chinese cheered up. A caucus of the Kuomintang (Government "People's Party") at Nanking oozed bland contentment. By three almost unanimous smash votes the Kuomintang urged the Government: 1) to "encourage and intensify" the Chinese boycott of Japanese goods?this boycott having furnished the specific excuse cited by Japan for her bombardment of Shanghai (TIME...
...colleagues but also with Democratic politicians and office holders all over the U. S. Though Majority Leader Rainey held a slight betting edge last week in this race to the rostrum, the Speakership will not be settled until late this winter when the 313 Democrats of the next Congress caucus in Washington. Then the balance of power will be held by the 129 new members, most of them from the North and West. Seniority Ladder- There would be no serious question about Representative Rainey's selection had it not been for the Harding landslide in 1920. He entered...