Word: dialing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dial No Blease...
...TIME, Sept. 13, [p. 6] you refer to the senatorial campaign in South Carolina in a way which seems to indicate an erroneous viewpoint as to the political appeal of Senator Blease and ex-Senator Dial. You used the adjective "blatherskite" to describe both Blease and Dial. You also linked the words, "the old-style ranters of the Dial-Blease ilk rave, rage...
Last week in the Democratic primary an inconsiderate South Carolina constituency eliminated Senator Dial from the "runoff" primary† to be held Sept. 14 between Messrs. Brown and Smith...
...Democratic Committee controls the entire procedure, pays all bills, arranges speaking programs, allots expenses on a pro-rata basis. Aspirants speak seriatim the same night in the same place, a method obviously conducive to personalities and retorts discourteous. In this "joint debate" system the old-style ranters of the Dial-Blease ilk rave, rage, fume, spume, howl- over imaginary issues. Under these conditions Washington really expects long-haired sombreroed political buffoons-and that is just what Washington sometimes gets, although Senator Smith is a happy exception...
...President, appreciative of eulogies later appointed Mr. Dial to a position on the Muscle Shoals Commission at $30 a day and expenses. The appointment, however, failed Senatorial confirmation due to the votes of vexed Democrats...