Word: josephus
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That "great Secretary," Josephus Daniels...
...great spirit, attacking Republicans for: a) Fordney-McCumber Tariff; b) Mellon tax plan; c) lack of foreign trade; d) corruption. "With covetous eyes," said he, "certain great oil interests of the country had long looked upon the naval reserves. During the Wilson administration, that great Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels, stood guard over these precious properties...
There are many others who do not fall definitely in either of these two camps-such unclassifiables or impossibles as Ambassador John W. Davis, John Barton Payne, Josephus Daniels, James M. Cox, William J. Bryan...
...Philadelphia, Josephus Daniels took his pen in hand and prepared to depart for North Carolina. He was engaged by the John C. Winston Co. to write a biography of Woodrow Wilson. He will prosecute his task at his North Carolina home. Said Mr. Daniels: "The book will begin with his birth and go right through his whole career...
...Hiram Johnson, both of whom have lost no time in spreading so black a smoke-screen over the whole proceeding that little can be discerned of the true nature of the transactions. Very probably what blame exists can be attached to the Republican party, although it appears that Mr. Josephus Daniels and others had a finger in the "Teapot" at one time; perhaps some of the blame can even be hung on President Coolidge, on the theory that the chief is responsible for all of the acts of his subordinates. But none of this justifies the statement of Mr. Johnson...