Word: elbert
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stirred was Utah's ordinarily placid New Dealer Elbert Thomas that a "vision" came to him in bed. He got up at 2 a. m. to write a speech which he delivered next day in the Senate. "To attempt to coerce is fatal, to attempt to outwit is disastrous," thundered Senator Thomas. "Presidents will continue to be made and unmade in the actions of the Senate of the United States." When Senators rushed up to thump Elbert Thomas' back, congratulate him, invite him to lunch, he weakly smiled that he wanted to go home...
...Evanston, Illinois; John F. McClure '39, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Joseph R. McLoughlin '41, of Fort Washington, Pennsylvania; Dale H. Maple '41, San Diego, California; Henry W. Maxwell, Jr. '41, of Hinsdale, Illinois; Clare L. Milton, Jr. '39, of St. Joseph, Michigan; David B. Mitchell '40, of Campbellsville, Kentucky; Elbert M. Moffat, Jr. '41, of Bombay, India...
Sirs: Having read with interest the many letters pro and con on the New Deal I have since wondered how many readers are familiar with a quotation attributed by Elbert Hubbard* to Abraham Lincoln: "Inasmuch as most good things are produced by labor, it follows that all such things ought to belong to those whose labor has produced them. But it has happened in all ages of the world that some have labored, and others, without labor, have enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. This is wrong, and should not continue. To secure to each laborer the whole product...
...Utah, President Franklin S. Harris of Brigham Young University won the Republican designation to tackle Senator Elbert D. Thomas, unopposed New Dealer...
...Elbert Hubbard, flowing-haired, flowing-tied purveyor of philosophical-artistic tripe to the U. S. of a generation ago, was drowned when the Lusitania was sunk. To his son, Elbert II, he left a lucrative property-the Roycrofter Corporation in East Aurora, N. Y. Inspired by William Morris, 19th-Century British arts-&-crafter, the Roycrofters printed and bound books, made elegant whatnots of pottery, wood, metal and hand-tooled leather. After the elder Hubbard's death, however, the community slipped financially, lately was $160,000 in the red. Last week, a religious organization called the Federation of Churches...