Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...delegation attacked the 20 New York Congressmen who introduced beer bills in the House of Representatives. Mrs. Ella A. Boole, President of the New York State W. C. T. U., declared that women with prohibition sympathies would "never, never" vote for Alfred Smith...
...season of investigations, the first case of congressional self-investigation arrived. Two Congressmen made a stir recently when a Chicago grand jury said they should be investigated for various irregularities. The House at once ordered an investigation (TIME, March 17). The investigation held fire for some days because the Department of Justice was preparing to take the matter to another grand jury...
...prevent another fire, Lieutenant Colonel Clarence O. Sherrill, Army engineer in charge of public buildings, has prepared plans for fireproofing the White House, now said to be a fire trap. The cost would be $400,000. He took his plans to the House Committee on appropriations. One of the Congressmen wanted to know whether it would not be cheaper to build an entirely new building. It would not. A new White House would cost about...
...effect of the above proposal would be to shorten the terms of whatever Congressmen, President and Vice President were in office when the Amendment was ratified. Certain Congressmen do not like to take the bread out of their own mouths in this way. The Amendment now goes to the House for action and if approved there, will be submitted to the States...
...accountant for the Committee presented a report on what officials of the Federal Government had traded in oil stocks of the Sinclair and Doheny companies, Dec. 1, 1921, to Dec. 21, 1922, the period in which the oil leases were made. Harry M. Daugherty and seven Congressmen were on the list. Mr. Daugherty's transactions took place in October, 1922, and by them he made $543.50. His account, once in his own name, was changed to "W. W. Spaid, No. 4" on the day news of the Sinclair lease was given out. Most of the transactions by others were very...