Word: inness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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In St. Joseph he was known as a retired businessman, an obliging fellow who visited sick neighbors and courted the esteem of established citizens. One neighbor recalled that "Dane" once borrowed a shotgun from him to go rabbit hunting.
In, the House Mr. Barnes and William Butterworth, president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, were flayed for "misuse of power." Exclaimed Representative Garber of Oklahoma: "What does this episodical news reel disclose? Little men rattling around in big places. . . . A bunch of swaggering bullies making a noise without...
What caused widest concern among farm cooperative leaders was the revelation by Chairman Legge of how his Board would handle future wheat loans: The Board would advance its funds to the National Farmers Grain Cooperative at 3½% which in turn would farm out in smaller loans to individual cooperatives...
"Your announcement is a surrender to these grain people . . . a disclaimer of any intention of a desire to be helpful to cooperative associations and a determination to disregard both the spirit and intent of the law. . . . If the policy of the board is to be determined in secret meetings with...
Convalescing rapidly from the Lobby Committee's surgery, Mr. Barnes busied himself about his duties as Chairman of the Hoover Business Committee. He announced appointment of 140 representatives of widely assorted businesses, from soap to steel, from gravel to groceries, as his committee's advisory body. Their task...