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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sometimes with Senator Wheeler until Senator Wheeler decided he had better keep to quieter company. Although he is on speaking terms with every Senator, there are few members who relish talking to him. He has openly threatened to campaign in the next election against Senators Robinson, Harrison and Bailey. As a whole the Senate dislikes and fears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTE: Share-the-Wealth Wave | 4/1/1935 | See Source »

...never "starvation." They can starve in Russia if they want to (or if Hearst wants them to), but they better not starve in the South, because the Chamber of Commerce don't like it, and smart alecks like me and Erskine Caldwell write stories about it. JAMES HARRISON Alexandria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 25, 1935 | 3/25/1935 | See Source »

When Mr. Stephens did lose his seat to Bilbo, his old friends, John Nance Garner and Pat Harrison, were afraid that The Man Bilbo would block Senate confirmation of an RFC appointment for Mr. Stephens. They undertook a diplomatic mission to Senator Bilbo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Two Rewards | 3/25/1935 | See Source »

Died. Richard Berry Harrison, 70, "de Lawd" of The Green Pastures (TIME, March 4); of acute coronary occlusion, after falling ill three weeks ago just before his 1,658th performance in the play; in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 25, 1935 | 3/25/1935 | See Source »

Richberg On Renewal. That the Finance Committee's NRA "investigation" was to be constructive rather than spectacular Chairman Harrison had already announced. First witness was Donald Richberg. As NRA's old general counsel, no one knew better than he through what legal pitfalls the organization had had to scramble in the past year and a half, what Constitutional hazards still lay ahead. Nevertheless, "the act should be extended substantially in its present form for two years," said he, producing the President's renewal request...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RECOVERY: Renewal & Retreat | 3/18/1935 | See Source »

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