Word: hurleyism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...HURLEY Southampton...
Without declaring martial law (he did not have to because Washington is Federal territory). President Hoover ordered Secretary of War Hurley to call out the Army from Fort Myer in nearby Virginia. Secretary Hurley passed the command along to handsome, well-tailored General Douglas MacArthur, Chief of Staff, in the following crisp dispatch...
When the troops were withdrawn from Washington, Secretary Hurley exulted: "It was a great victory. . . . Mac [General MacArthur] did a great job. He is the man of the hour. (A thoughtful pause.) But I must not make any heroes just...
...Hurley speech touched off a short, sharp outburst of partisan oratory in the Senate. Exclaimed Arkansas' Senator Robinson, Democratic floor leader...
...Mills, Hurley and Hyde?the three musketeers of the Hoover Administration! . . . They scoff at this proposal for a new deal. Do these musketeers insist upon playing the game with marked cards...