Word: follettee
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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But things went wrong. The American Federation of Labor, which does not believe in direct political action, stayed away. Senator La Follette had repudiated point-blank any support the Convention might give him, declaring that it was in the hands of communist interests. So only about 400 delegates came.
Although Mr. La Follette did not appear in Cleveland himself, his wishes were carried out by Governor Blaine and by his own son, Bob, Jr. The younger La Follette, aggressive, meticulous in dress, much resembles his father. In keenness of intellect, perhaps, the son does not measure up to his...
To be sure they did not succeed in writing the La Follette planks into the Republican platform. They were not expected to do that They were there to make a gesture-a pro forma offering of their planks. For the Republican Party to have accepted the offering would have been...
There is yet no absolute proof, but it is an utterly reasonable inference from the course of events thus far that Mr. La Follette will run as a third candidate for President. It is to be expected that the Conference for Progressive Political Action-a Labor group in which the...
The wheat forecast made on June 1 each year by the Department of Agriculture is of course an estimate only, and sometimes a quite faulty one at that. Nevertheless, it usually indicates clearly enough prevailing tendencies relating to the new crops. The Government's guess as to the size...