Word: immed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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James John Davis, Secretary of Labor (and hence executive head of im- migration activities) presented in absentia his report to the President. He proposed three major changes in our immigration laws...
...knotty problem Senator Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama began work on a new bill. If he was to succeed he must have the support of the Administration. He called on the President and, by inference, he got a substantial endorsement of his plans. That the Administration was so favorably im-pressed was in itself atribute to the Alabama Senator. His tact, h!s pleasant personality, his ability long ago won him the respect of his Republican opponents. His 20 years of service in the House, culminating in his leadership in that body, his nine years in the Senate have...
From a practical standpoint, however, the fact remains that the most active work done in getting out the vote is carried on by political parties. Their managers always have the im- pression that the voters who do not vote would vote for their candidates if they got to the polls. In 1920, something less than 27 million votes were cast. It is generally expected that over 30 million will be cast this year. The party workers who get out the vote are paid, and the greater the vote, the greater it may be expected that campaign expenses will...
...Verging im Dunft das heilige Romische Reich...
Since the 'downfall of the Kerensky Government in 1917, M. Rakovsky has played an important role in Bolshevik affairs. He has been on several im portant diplomatic missions and since 1919, with one break, he has been chair man of the Ukrainian Council of People's Commissars...