Word: leaders
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Senator Furnifold McLendel Simmons, who resigned as leader of the North Carolina Democracy and said he would vote for neither Smith nor Hoover, last week openly joined the anti-Smith Democrats. He repeated the gist of his pre-nomination statements: "I am profoundly convinced that the election of Governor Smith would be unfortunate alike to the party and the country." Reason: Tammany...
...Hoover, as the President's trusted adviser, is perhaps more directly responsible for the failure of farm relief legislation during the eight years referred to than any other single political leader...
Frau und Mutter Marianne Hainisch is no enfeebled wraith, no sit-by-the-stone, no knitter. She continues a leader of Austria's Feminist Party. She was on an educational lecture tour through the Austrian provinces last week. Attentive audiences heard neither quavering nor cackling. Responsible correspondents cabled that the voice of Frau und Mutter Hainisch is clear, resonant, persuasive...
...Obregon, as have been most Presidents of Mexico. Therefore the Nation was moved in the very depths of its emotional being, last week, when President Calles said: "For the first time in Mexican history the Republic faces a situation whose dominant note is the lack of a leader of military power. . . . This is the most solemn hour of our national life. ... I consider it necessary that we pass from a system of government by one man to a government of institutions. ... It is useless to seek an outstanding or dictatorial person. May I say there are none...
...Congress, after receiving the President's great and inspiring address with cheers, heard from Speaker of the House Colonel Ricardo Topete who is also leader of the Majority or Obregonista Party, a crisp declaration that the Party pledges itself to follow the advice and program laid down by Plutarco Elias Calles...