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Word: departmenters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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≫ Following his hopeful custom, the President asked all department & bureau heads to butter their expense estimates for fiscal 1941 with statements of anticipated economies. Mr. Roosevelt said: "I believe that substantial savings can be effected."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Off the Floor | 8/21/1939 | See Source »

≫ Circular letters were received by 10,000 employes of the Department of Agriculture asking contributions to build the Roosevelt Memorial Library at Hyde Park. Replying to criticism, the collector in charge explained: "This is a strictly voluntary proposition."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Off the Floor | 8/21/1939 | See Source »

Recently members of Parliament's Press Gallery, unable to believe their ears at foreign policy debates, suggested that perhaps there was something wrong with House of Commons acoustics. In Commissioner Ramsbotham's favorite language, Latin, they invited him to break Parliamentary rules,* come up and listen. His department...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Gallery Gods | 8/14/1939 | See Source »

To Minneapolis Bourbons the demise of the Journal was a death blow. For years it had fought their fight, played down their financial alley. Foe of the late Governor Floyd B. Olson and his Farmer-Labor Party, it was stanch Republican, anti New Deal. Rich with local department store advertising...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Two Less | 8/14/1939 | See Source »

After the arrival of Captain Martin the friendship between Widow Dargie and her publisher cooled. Anonymous letters reached the U. S. Department of Labor urging his expulsion. Joe Knowland went to Washington. In 1927, and again in 1928, Captain Martin left the U. S. When he returned he had an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Oakland Case | 8/14/1939 | See Source »

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