Word: democratic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Against Bloc. But in the Senate there was a man with the courage of conviction, a man from a heavily agricultural State, and worse, a man running for reelection this year, Prentiss Marsh Brown of Michigan, 53, a Democrat. Senator Brown set himself in the path of the farm-bloc juggernaut. The 250-odd farm lobbyists had the votes-but Senator Brown had logic and virtue on his side...
...gave their allegiance to Judge Homer Ferguson. By naming a good and honest Judge who had cleaned up much of Detroit's graft and corruption, the Republicans assured the State of a knockdown contest in November between two better-than-average candidates. The Judge's opponent: able Democrat Prentiss M. Brown, now steering the anti-inflation bill through the Senate...
Buffoon Manufacturer. In Wisconsin, ten candidates for Governor in all four parties-Democrat, Republican, Progressive and Socialist-campaigned against Republican Governor Julius P. ("The Just") Heil, hoping to capitalize on Heil's buffoonery and isolationist leanings. They lambasted him for failure to spend more than one-fourth of his time on his Governor's duties, for neglecting to call a special session of the legislature to vote funds for civilian defense. Governor Heil, who has made a big success as a manufacturer of everything from oil burners to snowplows (and is proud of it), ignored his critics, boasted...
Teetering Colorado, which voted for Republican Governor Ralph L. Carr in 1938 and 1940 after 14 years in the Democratic column, set the stage for a bang-up struggle. Whichever party carries Colorado in November should get two Senate seats: the one now held by Democrat Edwin C. Johnson and one left vacant by the death of Democrat Alva B. Adams...
...authors of this informative, sparkling book are two able Hoosiers (one a Republican, the other a Democrat), both veteran New York and Washington journalists, both familiar with Europe at first hand. In 332 highly readable pages they reach two extremely important conclusions: 1) "idealism, consistency and strength" have characterized the foreign policy of Roosevelt, Hull and Sumner Welles in the past three years; 2) together with Britain, the U.S. has laid down firmly "a pattern of post-war aspirations and behavior" which should result in a fair and decent peace...