Word: controls
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Democratic Convention with half of the delegates instructed. Claims of greater numbers must be taken with a grain of salt. But in the Democratic Convention, with its two-thirds requirement, one third? 365 delegates?can impose a veto on the aspirations of any candidate. McAdoo is likely to control this type of veto against the Smith-Underwood group. The Smith-Underwood group is not unlikely to have a similar stop on McAdoo. The logic of the situation calls loudly for a dark horse, especially since most of the delegates have second choices...
...Republican Conventions will demonstrate to the people whether either of those parties can and will purge itself of those evil influences which have long dominated them. This cannot be accomplished by merely nominating some alleged Progressive and filling the platform with misleading promises. It demands the elimination of monopoly control, the downfall of the corrupt political bosses, the adoption of truly progressive principles and the repudiation of those great campaign contributors who have in the past bought up both parties...
...this is not done a long suffering and indignant people will find in the coming campaign effective means, independent of both these old parties, to take back control of their Government and make it truly representative...
...Passed a bill for the prevention and control of social diseases in the District of Columbia. ¶Passed a bill for developing Capital parks and playgrounds, at an annual cost of $1,100,000. ¶Passed a bill providing for the construction of eight scout cruisers, six river gunboats, and installation of oil-burning boilers in six battleships. ¶Debated at length the McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill. ¶By a vote of 221 to 157, supported a concurrent resolution to adjourn sine die on Saturday, June 7. (The resolution had not yet come up in the Senate...
...Conference of Ambassadors* forwarded a strong note to the German Government giving it 30 days in which to submit to Allied military control...