Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...seems that a certain Mass Congressmen is going to introduce a bill into the House which will make all organizations that advocate violent overthrow of the existing government unlawful. An told that the San Simson Scion is going to have his newspapers back the little project. Watch all the leftists howl like the devil. They, who kick at the Supreme Court's power of judicial review will scream for it if this little tid-bit is passed. Your correspondent agrees with them heartily, but is inclined to smile at their feminine inconsistency. "There in lies their charm," we suppose...
...74th Congress, the Senate and House proceeded to open their marching orders. In joint session, with the Cabinet sitting among them, below galleries jammed with diplomats and famed ladies (Mrs. Roosevelt's party of guests exceeded the dimensions of the Presidential box, overflowed into the gallery aisles), the Congressmen listened to President Roosevelt report on the State of the Union (see col. I). Three days later, like good soldiers, they listened to their first detailed instructions in his budget message...
...Christmas recess revealed to the writer that things have changed since the days of Coolidge prosperity. For one thing, newspapermen now hang out around the White House rather than Capitol Hill. There's no news on the Hill. In the halls of the Capitol, it is said that Congressmen plead with newspapermen to tell them what the dope is over at the White House. "What bill are we going to advocate." the Chairman of a prominent House Committee is reputed to have asked a reporter. "I know you've just spoken to the President, so please tell me." Although probably...
Another thing that's changed in Washington since the depression is that the nation's capital is now a booming, growing city. Its population having increased by approximately 20 per cent or 100,000, Congressmen are having difficulty in getting located. Rents are sky-high, and there aren't enough rooms to go 'round. Some prominent Washingtonians, as it is, are commuting daily between Alexandria and the District...
...President, seconded by what conscientious Congressmen he can gather about him, seems determined to take a courageous stand against the forces of the American Legion and kindred organizations. The payment of 2,000,000,000 dollars, an obligation which will not mature until 1945, and is computed as with interest to that date, appears to be too much of a burden for the financial resources of the government to bear. The government, in paying the bonus now, would be deprived of the use of those funds for ten years, during which time the compound interest would amount to a most...