Word: garnered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...veterans not in distress complained against this loan plan which would leave them out, Mr. Young said: "I should pay no attention to it." Remarked Congressman Garner, the committee's leading Democrat: "You might if you came up for re-election next year." Retorted Mr. Young: "Well...
...Last week there was the food riot in England, Ark. (see p. 13), and a bank failed in Washington, Ark., 150 miles away. But there was good news in Clinton, 90 miles from England. The Van Buren County Bank opened after a short suspension. Its president and chairman is Garner Frazier, 55, an attorney-at-law, a native citizen of Clinton, and a leading citizen of Van Buren County. He is a devoted Methodist and a great civic worker. The bank is located in the heart of town (Clinton does not need street numbers), in a one-story concrete building...
...legislative body. ... I confess to some astonishment that anybody should feel impelled to apologize for an apparent Democratic victory. . . ." Many another voice, particularly from the South, echoed Senator Glass. By the week's end, what looked like a real revolt against the seven leaders (Messrs. Smith. Davis, Cox, Robinson, Garner, Raskob, Shouse) was under...
Because of the even balance of Republican and Democratic strength, neither side was overeager to take the large responsibility and small authority of control. Soberly declared Democratic Leader Garner: "If Longworth is re-elected Speaker he knows any time I want to I can make trouble for him and if I should be elected he knows he can do the same...
...piece of smart politics to allay the fears of Big Business, to bid for its favor, seven of Democracy's most potent leaders?James Middleton Cox, John William Davis and Alfred Emanuel Smith, the party's last three presidential nominees, together with Senate Leader Joseph Taylor Robinson, House Leader Garner, National Chairman Raskob and Executive Chairman Shouse?signed a manifesto on the party's future course. They said they regarded their "remark- able victory" as an "opportunity for constructive service." The Republican tariff they flayed as the "apotheosis of bad economy" but added: "Whatever changes may be considered necessary...