Word: democratic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Though the breakoff stalemated the debts, President Hoover and Governor Roosevelt still had a link between them in the person of Democrat Norman Hezekiah Davis. U. S. arms delegate and Hoover Man-about-Europe. Arriving in Manhattan on the Manhattan last week Delegate Davis announced: "There's no doubt that the world is in a terrible fix. The nations seem to realize that if they don't want to perish separately they must get together." Speeding to Washington Mr. Davis spent 90 minutes reporting to President Hoover. Said he: "It's a great thing to get, Germany...
This week Democrat Davis called on Governor Roosevelt, told him what was what abroad. If anyone could possibly restore harmony between the 31st and 32nd Presidents, it was Diplomat Davis. C. Last week President Hoover went holidaying over Christmas and New Year's. Sunshine and blue skies met him when he detrained at Savannah. His guests: Supreme Court Justice Stone, Vermont's Senator Austin, Political Pundit Mark Sullivan and the ubiquitous Dr. Boone and Detective-Secretary Richey. Aboard the Sequoia, Department of Commerce inspection boat, and surrounded by a small flotilla carrying newshawks and bodyguards, the President...
Died. Norman Edward Mack (McEachran), 74, potent Buffalo Democrat, longtime (1900-32) New York Democratic National Committeeman, publisher of Buffalo's Sunday & Daily Times (sold to Scripps-Howard in 1929 at an estimated price of $5,000,000); of asthma & heart trouble; in Buffalo. Famed as New York's "original Bryan man," he fought for three Bryan nominations (1896, 1900. 1908), stayed regular-party in 1904 when Bryan split. Long a fighter for Prohibition modification, he lined up last February for Franklin Delano Roosevelt for President, resigned his National Committeemanship after the convention...
...said Mellon was being heard. . . . Treated with contumely the veterans . . . sent a military force heavily armed against homeless, hungry, sick, ragged and defenseless men, women and children and drove them out by force of fire and sword. . . ." When the clerk finished reading, North Carolina's Pou, senior House Democrat, declared: "Mr. Speaker, I move to lay the resolution on the table." A great cheer went up as the Democratic majority, party politics aside, massed in defense of the Republican President. The impeachment resolution was "laid on the table" (i. e. defeated) by the overwhelming vote...
Died. Daniel Edward Garrett, 63, eight-time Congressman from Texas (Democrat), member of the potent House Rules Committee; of heart disease; in Washington, D. C. A brother-in-law is Jesse Holman Jones, Reconstruction Finance Corp. director, Houston tycoon...