Word: committeemen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...President Roosevelt was striking not only at Democratic Committeemen who had gotten in on the ground floor of the new administration but also at a long roster of political has-beens, mostly Republicans who still thought they had enough influence to do private chores before old friends in the Government departments. Among these lawyer-lobbyists who could not tear themselves away from the fat pickings in Washington were...
...after the President's pronouncement against lawyer-lobbying. Michigan's eloquent Senator Vandenberg flipped out of his desk an antilobbying bill of his own design. The Vandenberg measure would: 1) prohibit National Committeemen of either party from practicing law before Government departments and 2) prevent any Government employe from soliciting funds for his party. The President shrewdly took the Republican bill under his large political wing, suggested that the first prohibition be expanded to include all Government has-beens...
...Sanger. slim and tense, recited her old piece to the glum, fidgeting Committeemen: "The forgotten woman can have her child's teeth and adenoids cared for at clinics. She can send her children to get free luncheons. She can do nothing for her own most pressing problem...
...Rand Jr., head of Remington Rand, Lessing Rosenwald and General Wood of Sears Roebuck, Frank A. Vanderlip, Automan Errett Lobban Cord and many another formed the "Committee for the Nation," became uninvited disciples of Professor Warren, went forth to preach his doctrine to businessmen and politicians. Last week Committeemen for the Nation had almost a free run of the White House office where their frequent visits left their impress upon the presidential mind...
...future Websters, Henrys, or Sewards The training of the course affords students who can face a group of persons without embarrassment, and present information that is clearly thought out as it is sure in presentation. It may be a student of Fine Arts addressing a group of committeemen who are planning a museum. It may be a physician explain- ing a recent case to a small audience of fellow doctors...