Word: governors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...undersigned, representing official Republicans of Michigan . . . unanimous belief . . . Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg should be drafted for the next Republican Presidential nomination." Thus last week the Governor, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the House and Republican elective officials at Lansing thrust Michigan's sartorially perfect Senator into the Presidential race from which he has ostentatiously and repeatedly withheld himself. Senator Vandenberg, flush with success after beating down the Florida Ship Canal Bill, said he was "grateful." Manhattan's Michigan-born racket buster, Tom Dewey, consistent favorite in the Republican race, who agreed to the Vandenberg endorsement, will...
Established in 1794 by Governor James Bowdoin of the class of 1745 and increased in 1901 by George S. Bowdoin, the prizes have been presented consecutively for over 150 years...
...late 1920's California citizens began to clamor for large-scale, low-cost medical care. Last November, when liberal Democrat Culbert Levy Olson was elected Governor, he promised to sponsor a State system of compulsory health insurance. This threat of "government interference" spurred the California Medical Association, which for over ten years had been hatching health-insurance schemes, to announce a counterplan...
Administration Health Insurance. While C. P. S. in practice will cover only workers averaging less than $60 a week, Governor Olson's "administration" bill proposes to include higher income groups and unemployed. The bill promises State benefits to workers who are unemployed because of illness and makes allowances for dental care as well as complete medical, surgical and hospital service. Patients will have the right to choose their own physicians, and registered doctors will be paid standard rates...
...foot the doctors' bill, Governor Olson proposes a graduated payroll tax on employes and employers. Chances for the bill's passage last week seemed slim, as employers and physicians attacked...