Word: democratic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Edward H. Moore, 71, Oklahoma, a rugged oil-millionaire ex-Democrat drafted by Republicans to beat New Deal Stalwart Josh...
...York, where he had futilely opposed John J. Bennett in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, the President found himself in a dilemma. Now that primary bygones were bygones, Franklin Roosevelt desperately wanted Democrat Bennett to win over Republican Thomas E. Dewey. Three weeks ago, he formally plumped for Bennett's election. But Republican Dewey still led in the straw polls, Democrat Bennett was a poor second; and the American Labor Party, formerly a boon to the New Deal, was running a candidate of its own. So, last week Franklin Roosevelt tried again. Said he, in a telegram addressed to Bennett...
...were not for a referendum on the ballot to decide whether physicians could lawfully disseminate birth-control information to protect human life and health, Governor Leverett Saltonstall would win re-election hands down over Democrat Roger Lowell Putnam, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. would ditto over Democrat Joseph E. Casey...
...Republican from South Dakota paused and looked around the Senate. His colleagues were listening indifferently. Their arguments were fixed, their minds made up: they were going to pass (58-10-5) the bill lowering the draft age to 18-but they were also going to pass (39-to-31) Democrat W. Lee O'Daniel's amendment that 18- and 19-year-olds must have a year's training before going to battlefronts abroad...
...first time in recent years, the two major parties in Massachusetts are led by able men with humane records showing ability and integrity. The Hurley-Curley-Coakley gang seems to be eliminated from the fight, leaving the way clear for a respectable Democrat, Roger Lowell Putnam, to carry their standard as candidate for Governor. He is opposing Governor Leverett Saltonstall, whose two terms as the state's Chief Executive have been successful in cleaning up after James M. Curley and Co., in giving the state a solid financial backing, and restoring the morale of its public servants. Furthermore, the Governor...