Word: congress
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Congress met last week, Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas, his face stamped with anxiety, visited the White House. To President Hoover he stated his problem: Kansas granaries bulged with 40,000,000 bushels of 1928 surplus wheat held for export. It hung over the incoming crop, an imminent incubus. It could not be moved to seaboard with a transportation loss to the producers of 8? per bushel-a freight rate advantage enjoyed by Canada and Argentina on the wheat for the world market. Said Senator Capper: "This wheat must be moved in the next three months, as July wheat will...
...Hoover blast against the debenture plan came after farm politics had divided House and Senate. Farm lobbyists were once more in full, though discordant, cry. The American Farm Bureau Federation had backed the administration (House) bill. The National Grange had favored the debenture (Senate) plan. Careful not to blame Congress too early in the session and talking over its head to the lobbyists behind the legislators, President Hoover had "deplored" the dissension among the farmers themselves, urged them to compromise their differences. Senator McNary was blown around to President Hoover's view, but his committee voted eight...
...University; Band of Music; Chief Marshal and Aids; Committee of Arrangements; President Quincy and Chaplain of the day; The Corporation of the University; Ex-president Kirkland, and President Humphrey of Amherst College; His Excellency the Governor and Suite; The Vice-Presidents of the Day; Senators and Representatives in Congress; Judges of the United States and State Courts, and Attorney General; Benefactors of the University, distinguished Strangers, and other Guests specially invited; The Overseers of the University; Professors, Tutors, and Officers of the University; Gentlemen who have received honorary degrees, and who do not come under any regular Class of Graduates...
...Trade between Canada and the United States is the greatest trade that exists between any two countries in the world [see p. n]. . . . We have the word of those in authority in the neighboring Republic that there are to be certain measures introduced at a special session of Congress. An important measure, we are led to believe, is a measure relating to farm relief. Another measure relates to certain limited adjustments of the tariff; I think that is the expression which has been officially used. . . . "I say that, with the knowledge that we have before us at the present time...
Chicago was quieter last week than it had been for a month. The 2,523 entrants in the 29th annual tournament of the American Bowling Congress finished knocking down pins and carried away prize money amounting to more than $100,000. Outstanding was Adolph Unke of Milwaukee, who won the singles with a total of 728*, and took second place in the all events with 1,952. Otto Stein Jr., of St. Louis won the all events with 1,974. W. Kleca and P. Butler of Chicago were the doubles winners with 1,353 and the Hub Recreation team...