Word: drives
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...number of children at home or guests in the house, in the West Hall. With my breakfast I read the morning papers if I am alone, otherwise I look them over, noting what I must read later on, then I run down and get into my car and drive myself out to where the horses are waiting. An hour's brisk ride along the Potomac, a bath on my return. If I am lucky, I will be at my desk between 10:30 and 11 o'clock...
...Harvard Law, Frank Dowd Comerford of Boston is called biggest and brightest of New England's younger utilities tycoons. President of New England Power Association, which controls a string of 50 gas and electric companies, he was designated spokesman for the industry when Governor Curley launched his drive against Massachusetts utility rates few weeks ago. Last week Utilitarian Comerford took over another big job when he was elected president of independent Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of Boston, New England's largest single operating electric utility. He will remain with New England Power Association as chairman of the board...
...organize, the Federal Government could not guarantee to organize them for A. F. of L. The A. F. of L. would have to show a little ability on its own account. Despite the fact that A. F. of L. elaborately pretended to quasi-official status in its enrollment drive, of the 46,000 workers involved in the National Labor Relations Board's first 102 plant elections, less than 20,000 chose to be represented by the Federation. More significantly, only 10% of all employes in manufacturing have so far taken out A. F. of L. cards. One explanation...
...nation-wide drive to improve the German breed, Nazi officials ordered last week millions of "pedigree books" for humans similar to the stud books kept by animal breeders...
...Bolivia confident as Paraguayans start big drive in effort to win Gran Chaco war before League of Nations takes action...