Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Kindly explain what you mean by a "pair" referring to p. 13, Nov. 16 issue where you speak of absent Congressmen whose vote can be canceled out therewith...
...coffee was delicious, boys!" exclaimed Democratic Speaker John Nance Garner one morning last week as he and ten other important Congressmen came away from a White House breakfast with the President Mr. Hoover had summoned Democrats and Republicans alike to impress upon them the urgency of quick Congressional action on relief legislation (see p. 6). A very black picture of Central Europe's finances was also painted, but the President pledged all his guests to secrecy as to the breakfast conference. That explained why Speaker Garner could only laud the meal as he hopped into a new White House...
...with being local-minded, stubborn, dilatory. Such criticism sprang from the plain fact that its members, by and large, manifested a strong nationalist spirit as opposed to the internationalism of the times. For months President Hoover has been watching Europe intently, offering it a helping hand while Senators and Congressmen have been at home among their people, their eyes turned inward on the U. S., not outward on the world. They know, perhaps better than the man in the White House, what citizens are saying, thinking, feeling. Now back in the world atmosphere of Washington, their words and deeds, right...
...bonus for going Republican Texas got 23 additional votes; Virginia, ten; North Carolina, eight; Florida, six; Tennessee, five. Because they had gone for the Brown Derby in 1928, Massachusetts and Rhode Island each had five delegates snipped off their Republican convention strength. Big delegate gainers due to reapportionment of Congressmen based on 1930 census: California, 18; Michigan, 8; New York, 7. Big losers: Missouri, 6; Iowa, 4; Pennsylvania, 4. Republican headquarters is hard pressed for operating cash. Wet Republicans are withholding their money from a Dry party. Community chests have taken funds that would otherwise go to party politics. Industrial...
...metamorphosis could be carried still farther. An Addition or a Steele might be found, who would describe with impunity the most delightful and intriguing political scandals under cover of fictitious names. If all these innovations still did not increase the circulation, Congressmen would be persuaded to contribute anonymously the true stories of their lives, and the paper would become "The Confessional Record...