Word: connor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...behalf of numberless admirers and friends of Senator Long and as the father of James O'Connor Jr., I protest against the use of a word which today carries a sinister significance. Neither James O'Connor Jr., nor any of the many friends and champions and advocates of Huey P. Long's policies were ever regarded by him as "henchmen." He looked upon them as devoted friends who were doing their utmost to aid him in his struggle to prevent the accumulation of great wealth in the hands of a relatively few and for its redistribution among the masses...
...James O'Connor Jr. to whom you referred is a lawyer occupying an enviable position at the Bar of Louisiana. He was elected Public Service Commissioner by the aid of the lamented Huey Long. He is the son of a former judge and former Congressman of Louisiana. ... I respectfully protest against what may have been an unfortunate inadvertence on the part of the announcer of "The March of TIME," which I understand is sponsored by your valuable magazine...
...JAMES O'CONNOR...
...time lowans finished their State Fair revels last month (TIME. Sept. 9), the grand jury was concluding its work. It indicted 60 officials, gamblers and divekeepers on charges of conspiracy, bribery, perjury, obstruction of justice. At the top of the heap were State Attorney General Edward Lewis O'Connor; his first assistant; State Treasurer Leo Wegman and a State agent...
...adoption of the Constitution and saying: "The importance of the Constitution has grown continually." Into his office trooped Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau, Governor Eccles of the Federal Reserve, Chairman Crowley of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., President Hecht of American Bankers Association, Comptroller of the Currency O'Connor, R. F. C. Chairman Jones, Senators Fletcher and Glass, Representative Steagall to witness the signing of the Banking...