Word: faction
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...present there are three definite factions in the organization and it is expected that each of these groups will nominate a candidate for the office of president. Both the National Student League faction, representing the Radical element, and the conservatives led by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. '36, Chairman of the Political Action Committee will put up their candidates in addition to the probable nomination of candidates from those who fall in neither of these two categories...
...election) railroaded through by the Huey Long machine (TIME. Dec. 18 et seq.). Three weeks later Jared Young Sanders Jr., 42, onetime State Senator and son of a onetime Congressman and Governor, was declared the victor in a "citizens' '' election staged by the anti-Long faction. That made it one leg apiece. A House elections committee subsequently outlawed both contests, prescribed a third. Title and trophy went to Democrat Sanders last week, with a 2.000-vote plurality over the nearest of his four competitors...
...caused remarks similar to those made by Mr. Berle to be made not only by those who would naturally be opposed to the administration, but by persons close to the administration and others who have the interests of the Democratic Party close at heart. His backing of the McKee faction in New York and its subsequent failure, his cancellation of the airmail contracts and the doubtful wisdom of such a move, and his restriction of mail delivery with the concomitant censure it elicited, have made people doubt his ability as an administrator and politician. His sudden reversals of policy, moreover...
...Mildly the old Genro tried to dissuade him, pointed out that Brother Yukichi had been indicted before Hayashi was made Minister of War. Hayashi was firm. And last week, despite the Cabinet's unanimous protest, he resigned, rocking Saito's boat for the sixth time. Meanwhile a faction of young army officers was rumored busy building up Hayashi's resignation into a reason why Premier Saito's entire cabinet should resign. When Hayashi got wind of that, his temper changed. Prince Kanin spoke, against the resignation. With great relief Hayashi withdrew his resignation...
Apparently satisfied with the result of the hearing, which demonstrated Gill's ability as a fighter, Wilkins goes out of his way to attack "Hit and Run" Hurley. Realizing that although every effort has been made by Gill's faction to keep the answers in the realm of substance, the original investigation and allegations of Hurley were of such a personal nature that the "language frequently used renders this difficult." Also what is now left of Hurley's report to be combatted consists mainly in the bitter insinuations of the Auditor...