Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...midst of all the bustle, Congressmen found time to listen to an old friend. Blowing into town from Salida, Colo., bearded 82-year-old Prospector Frank E. Gimlett-who regularly turns up before Congress-clumped up to the Hill to tell Congress what was wrong with the country. His judgment this year: too few gold and silver coins; too many labor unions...
...Lucretia P. Hale's Peter kin Papers'). Family and friends added one ingredient after another, hoping to make Mrs. Peterkin's coffee taste better. A lady of wisdom finally suggested that Mrs. Peterkin just pour a fresh cup. That solution was not apt to occur to Congressmen-they usually prefer something more laborious...
...importance was underscored by the fact that all the conferees were pledged to secrecy. Nine Congressmen, including the Republican chiefs of the Foreign and Appropriations Committees, were consulted. No one would go beyond an announcement of Chairman Vandenberg (R-Mich) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...
...boss of TVA he had opposed every attempt of Congressmen to interfere in that undertaking. TVA had forced the private power companies out of Tennessee. Power companies were applying pressure now to keep Lilienthal out of the chairmanship...
...would continue to blanket Kansas and western Missouri, as the biggest paper in both states. "The boss of the Star," a businessman-politician reflected last week, "is the most important man in Kansas at any given moment-more important than Alf Landon, Arthur Capper, Clyde Reed, all the congressmen and the Governor all wrapped up together. The State of Kansas is exactly what the Star wants it to be; it won't change until the Star decides it's time." The Star lived in the same city as Tom Pendergast and his machine, and respectfully recorded his comings...