Word: damming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Scallions to Mr. Ickes, but orchids to a kind Providence which kept him from wishing on us a "Sistie" or "Buzzie" Dam...
...HOOVER Dam...
Every time I read about the Hoover Dam controversy, I have a recurrence of the same sickish feeling in the pit of my stomach, that I had when I first read of a suggestion to change the name...
...vote would undoubtedly show that most of our right-thinking and broad-minded citizens would much prefer that the name Hoover Dam be retained, as does Democratic Mr. Paul Clayton, whose interesting letter I have just read in your June 12 issue...
...will always be Hoover Dam to most of us anyway and I am sure that we all-Democrats "and Republicans alike-will feel much better if we can in the not too distant future, have TIME-or President Roosevelt in one of his altogether fascinating and winning, informative radio talks - tell us that the name will again be - officially and finally - "Hoover Dam...