Word: controllable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Congressman Tinkham charged that: the Board put up its Methodist Building close to "strategic" the position Capitol for because lobbying; of it has its attempted to "dictate and control legislation by personal agency"; it has sought to influence judicial appointments; it has participated in political campaigns without filing expense accounts under the Corrupt Practices...
...speech to the Associated Press minimized, if not actually extinguished, the importance of the major subject of Prohibition by declaring it was a mere segment of the investigation. . . . I am no fanatical Prohibitionist. I am not an unreasoning vituperative zealot. I have never permitted any ecclesiastical despot* to control my thought or conduct. But I am for the Prohibition law and for a thorough inquiry to see if it can be enforced and, if not, what are the remedies. . . . But both the President and his Commission have gone as far afield as possible. . . . The investigation will not be through...
...sick and draughty. Then comes a fire-is it an accident? The peasant gets a fine new home from the Government." A cogent scratch of the nose and then a conclusion: "They take taxes and fix a low-price for grain, but little Uncle Fire is free from their control...
...purpose of the Guggenheim Fund contest is to get a plane not merely safe in skilled hands, but foolproof under all kinds of conditions. Such a plane must be able to land slowly, take off quickly, climb steeply, glide either at flat or steep angles and remain under control at all speeds and altitudes, even though weather conditions prevent the pilot keeping on even keel...
...important task of the new board will be to help organize and finance special stabilization corporations among farmers to purchase surplus farm products from glutted seasonal markets and hold them in storage pending better prices. In the past such large-scale grain corporations on private capital and under private control have failed. It remains to be seen whether federal cash and supervision can make them successful. Critics of the new farm relief legislation predict that the Federal Farm Board will loan large sums to such corporations which in turn will buy in surplus commodities on a falling price market...