Word: faces
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Most familiar in the group was the face of John L. Lewis. Hardly less conspicuous were the lanky figure of Owen D. Young and the wizened features of Morgan Partner Thomas W. Lamont. Accompanying these recognized spokesmen of Labor, Industry and Finance were two early...
Chester, Weir & Co. went into the White House smiling and came out smiling. But Lewis, Lamont & Co. went in grim and came out grimmer. One of the conferees reported that he had never heard anyone talk to President Roosevelt face to face in the tone that those men used...
...refusal of Republican Leader Charles McNary, a master of minority strategy, to vote for night sessions or cloture so long as he could hamstring the Barkley leadership by refusing to do so. Another blow was the warning by oldtime Liberal George Norris that a prolonged, bitter filibuster in the face of important legislation might be too high a price even for an anti-lynching bill. Said he: "Perhaps this is not the time to open wounds that may not heal." A reporter asked Tom Connally whether he still thought he and his friends could talk until Christmas. The old Texan...
...Gignoux and Leon Jouhaux, leader of some 5,000,000 French trade unionists, was denounced by Comrade Arthur Ramette, Communist leader. "If you want your liberty,-I will give it to you!" cried the Premier, weary after weeks of strife. "I will not let the Communists spit in my face...
...State Assembly stiffly replied: "It is deemed that such mural paintings truly depict and symbolize the history of the State. . . ." He gave a show at the College Union, lectured on art to farm boys in agriculture courses, went on field trips with Dean Chris Christensen of the College. His face-cracking, cherubic grin and piping voice made him popular with Wisconsin students. Question: How did all this affect the painting of a Kansan who six years ago put Kansas on the U. S. artistic...