Word: landlordship
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...elected this Illinois-born lawyer to the U. S. Senate in 1906. He owns no residence in Idaho. Rarely has he risen on the Senate floor to speak out for Idaho's sectional interests. Last week Senator Borah knew the acid test had come for this absentee political landlordship. Did Idaho Republicans think his reputation for Senatorial eloquence and independence worth a sixth term...
...landlordship to the Negros is one of circumstance rather than design, for Harlem's color once was predominantly Jewish-white, and when the better Negro sought a better-than-slum home only the compassionate Jew would suffer him to rent such a domicile. The influx of all other Negroes soon forced the Jew out but into the housing business...
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