Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Recalling the familiar fact that U. S. Government and business had issued nearly $100,000,000,000 worth of gold bonds against $4,000,000,000 in gold, the President explained his suspension of the gold standard: "Were the holders of these promises to pay to start to demand gold, the first comers would get gold for a few days. . . . The other 24 people out of 25 who did not happen to be at the top of the line would be politely told that there was no more gold left. And so we have decided to treat all 25 people...
...FOOTNOTE* In hot demand are jobs for husbands of Democratic women workers. Emily Newell Blair, Mrs. Ross's predecessor on the National Committee, got her husband Harry into the Department of Justice as a special assistant. Minnesota's Annie Dickie Olsen is looking for a diplomatic berth for her husband Peter. Uxorial efforts are also being made by Mrs. Harrison Parkman, vice chairman of the Kansas State Cimmittee, Mrs. June Fickel, vice chairman of the Iowa State Committee and Mrs. Marie Proctor, secretary of the Washington State Committee...
Mayor James A. Curley of Boston is in Washington begging, arguing with his fellow Democrats for federal assistance to pull a fast sinking Boston from the muck of bankruptcy; New York Tammany grows wary since the city-budget does not balance; the loaning bankers demand security in the form of better government at a lower cost; and, of course, Chicago had seen nothing but deep red since 1928. Heavy fixed debts, relics of the anterior period of over-expansion plus the increasing tax delinquency problem, and the burden of welfare work and relief have all combined to effect this unhealthy...
...bureaus. The argument, however, remains justifiable only so long as the books assigned in courses remain suitable. This they have not altogether been: in some cases the books recommended or required in various fields are ridiculously expensive; in other cases, they are wretchedly written, far too long, and almost demand an auxiliary outline in order successfully to be utilized. When such conditions arise, the bureaus are almost justified, in their claims that their summaries are not an infringement but an assistance; further, students can hardly be expected to expend thirty or forty dollars on confusing books when useful outlines...
...Steel's subsidiary, Carnegie Steel, with a plant at Duquesne, Pa., supplied about three quarters of General Motors requirements. Now National Steel has a plant in Detroit which with the advantage of short hauls on short notice has been able to capture much of the automobile demand. Partly in consequence National Steel has been better off than all other steel companies during the Depression. So it would not be illogical for U. S. Steel to want a Detroit plant, but officials of U. S. Steel denied the rumor...