Word: lanham
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rose Texas Representative Fritz Lanham to read a letter he had received from his constituent with the Army Air Forces in North Africa, Lieut. Colonel Elliott Roosevelt. Having seen the Lambertson charges in a newspaper brought to Casablanca by his father, Lieut. Colonel Roosevelt wrote...
When Representative Lanham finished reading, Democrats and Republicans alike stood up, clapped, cheered. Said Constituent Roosevelt's mother: "Why did he bother with it? I don't think Elliott should even have written a letter...
...LANHAM Carmel, Calif...
Anticipating this crisis, Congress had passed the Lanham Act, appropriating $150,000,000 for schools and other public facilities in defense centers (TIME, July 14). But the schools ran into all sorts of priorities and bottlenecks. The Federal Works Agency, in charge of the fund, gave first call to water and sewers. Of 600 emergency schoolhouses applied for, only 29 had final approval last week and none was yet under construction...
Meanwhile, without batting an eye, Mayor Jackson admitted that although he refused to spend the city's money he had applied for $875,000 under the Lanham Act to build schools...