Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...American people deluge such persons as Senators Nye and Borah with letters pleading that we take ourselves out of this unspeakable business? Why do we not keep our Congressmen awake nights by the continuous earnestness of our appeal...
Houses ruled that the Navy could buy no more foreign canned beef-after Mr. Roosevelt had stung Western Congressmen last week by declaring that the Argentine brand was better than the U. S. brand...
...digs into his own pocket to pay an extra clerk: 2) Congressional mail has increased 30% to 40% in the last eight years; 3) the demands of constituents for personal services, information, political nose-wiping of every sort burden the laziest members of the House, multiply the burdens of Congressmen who try to do more than run errands. Facts not denied: 1) many a Congressional relative does roost on the House payroll, even though he or she may have to work for the privilege while Congress is in session; 2) short-handed though many are, a Congressman often keeps...
This scheme is in the tradition of the great statesmen of America's history, he says. "I foresee a day when some Congressmen, not a wildcat but a man grounded in American history, faithful to the memory of John Adams, Jefferson, Van Buren and Lincoln, a man grounded in monetary horse sense and practical national finance will propose stamp scrip as payment for all new government expenditures, and for the payment of such part of their employees' salaries as they normally spend on their current expenses...
Only one striking reaction came from the 300 Congressmen who came, listened and departed. It was provided by Manhattan's Representative Sol Bloom (who attended with Mrs. Bloom and Daughter Vera). Promoted to the important Foreign Relations Committee by his ex-colleague, New Deal purge victim John O'Connor, Sol Bloom has spent much of his time selling George Washington to the American people. But this time, after eating his way through an evening of Roosevelt-hating speeches, Sol got up to sell FDR to the folks. One lone, small boo came from the audience, but it found...