Word: chairmen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Flanked by his Lieutenant Governor, his Attorney General, his Secretary of Revenue, his Secretary of Welfare, the Speaker of the House and four legislative committee chairmen. Governor Gifford Pinchot pleaded his State's desperate condition before the R. F. C. board. Pennsylvania, it was claimed, harbors 1.250,000 jobless on whom some $130,000,000 has been spent locally for relief. The State Government put up $10,000.000 for the county poor districts...
...from Michigan. Chicagoans packed the balconies for only one session, being admitted on passes stamped with Mayor Cermak's signature. Legitimate convention guests complained so effectively that the doorkeepers were changed. These guests were people of influence and property in their various communities- friends of delegates, of State chairmen and national committee men and women. They knew what was transpiring in the hotel rooms between sessions. In that notorious night session they knew that the grandstand play of McAdoo was an unnecessary slap at Al Smith, as permitted by the Roosevelt managers. During the day Illinois and Indiana...
...than in 1929, may be receiving less now than in March; his yearly salary may run between $9,000 and $135,000, probably is around $30,000 unless he heads an important road. The salaries of 227 vice presidents ranged from $5,000 to $76,500. Reports on 27 chairmen showed their compensations ran from an average of $24,300 to $135,000. All told, 1,104 executives received $10,000 or more. How the situation varies from road to road may be seen by comparing similar lines. Two such comparisons...
Step No. 3. When the State conventions assembled they would elect chairmen who would put one question to the floor: To repeal or not to repeal. Each delegate would vote yes or no according to whether he had been chosen to represent Wets or Drys. Each chairman would report the result of the vote to his Legislature, which would forward it through the Governor to the U. S. Secretary of State...
...readers. This year each of the seven Houses is given two pages, one devoted to pictures of the unit, the other to a history of the year 1931-32 as reflected in the activities of each House. These articles have in most cases been written by the chairmen of the various House committees...