Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Having been in office three months, the Roosevelt Administration last week blundered into what Republicans tried to whip up as its first "scandal." At the demand of Wyoming's Republican Carey the Senate Military Affairs Committee began to investigate the Civilian Conservation Corps' purchase of toilet kits for jobless workers-in-the-woods...
...Boston's Curley, a delegation called on President Roosevelt, on Governor Black of the Federal Reserve, on Chairman Jones of R. F. C., on Vice President Garner, on Speaker Rainey. All they got was sympathy. The President was opposed to lending money to municipalities because 1) demand might quickly soar to ten billion dollars, 2) local governments would have to surrender their independence to Washington...
...Landeskirchen have not understood the call of the hour nor heard the voice of God summoning us to valorous deeds. From National Socialism alone arose the demand for a new form of the church. We German Christians say NO to this election! We refuse to accept...
...this course of action were followed, some curtailment of trips and of games with colleges which demand excessive guarantees would have to be made to complete the necessary savings. Since Harvard teams have fewer trips away from home than practically any other college the necessity of this action is to be regretted. But as an emergency measure it is impossible to deny its expediency...
Among the self drinks Coca-Cola appears to be the most severely affected with sales reported dropping 40 to 60 per cent, Ice cream sodas were slightly affected, out milk and coffee search suffered any change in demand...