Word: chairman
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Protestant), strong of mind, bold of speech, he will now take prominent place on the political battlements of the capital. Briefly, his duty will be to eye the Hoover administration; to look for, mark, proclaim its errors; to direct against it the archery of partisan criticism until next election. Chairman Raskob prepared to withdraw into the Democracy's inner keep, there to plot great political stratagems for the future, out of the public eye. Said he firmly: "I have no intention of resigning...
...reduction to under $500.000 within the next fortnight. . . . The party's interest can be advanced best by opening a permanent and adequate headquarters in Washington and the conducting of active organization work 365 days in the year. ... I have appointed Mr. Jouett Shouse, of Kansas City, to be chairman of the executive committee and he will immediately assume charge of the Washington office...
...from a carefully prepared sheet of paper, read Chairman John Jacob Raskob of the Democratic National Committee to a group of astonished newsgatherers. At the disclosure that the Democratic deficit had been almost cut in half in five months, despite the party's crushing defeat, news-trained noses quivered with interest...
...deficit reduction and the Shouse appointment were Chairman Raskob's retort to disgruntleds of the party who seek his resignation. "Just soliciting," he said, had raised some $500,000 (chiefly in the East). Sale of the campaign speeches of Alfred Emanuel Smith in book form at $2 per copy, had brought in more than...
...Cunningham '32 chairman of the Jubilee Committee, and W. B. Wood '32 will be the head ushers. The list of men who will assist them is as follows: J. W. Appel '32, C. F. Bound '32, G. C. Clark '32, R. H. Clark '32, W. G. Coogan '32, J. R. Collins '32, J. W. Crickard '32, W. H. Crosby '32, Warren Delano '32, Charles Devens '32, W. P. Eiwell '32, Reginald Fincke '32, Desmond Fitz Gerald '32, A. C. Forbes '32, F. R. Gilligan '32, J. L. Grandin '32, N. P. Hallowell '32, W. Van N. Jones...