Word: couzenses
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Senator James Couzens, onetime a partner of Henry Ford, and always a level-headed economist, last December organized a $1,000,000 corporation to manufacture iceless refrigerators. His model was to sell for one-half the present price of such coolers. But the buyer must pay cash.
Mr. Harrison: "To paraphrase a legal term, may I say, 'One who comes into court must come with clean hands.' But in Mellon he has a friend who knows how to sue. My friend from Michigan [Mr. Couzens] will agree to that."
"That pair-you see them?-the one with the dropping mustaches is Curtis,* Republican leader. He came years ago from Kansas, with Indian blood in him. You seldom hear from him. He is all the time behind the scenes patching up compromises, pleasing people. The tall thin man next to...
The Gooding "long and short haul" bill was defeated 46-33. Democrats split exactly even, 15 on each side. Most of the eastern Republicans voted against the bill. Republicans for the bill were only 18 in number-Westerners, Radicals, and Senators Couzens, Reed, Wadsworth.
The recent investigations which are said to have been the costliest are those by the Committee on Mines & Mining into gold and silver production, by the Committee on Public Lands & Surveys into forest reserves, etc., and by the special committee under Senator Couzens into the Internal Revenue Bureau.