Word: lets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...very wise and important when we realize that they are seldom his own and then throw ridicule at Mr. Borah, who is foolish enough to try and be a politician and a Christian too, and who, of course, is barred from the Presidency because he is too big to let any group control...
...quotable voice of Senator James A. Reed of Missouri. Last week the thrashing was severe. Said Mr. Reed: "I have learned that the White House Spokesman is even a more authentic source of information as to the Presidential mind than the President himself, if such a thing is possible. . . . Let us have done with this sham and this miserable boyish, childish attitude of the White House...
...Board was empowered to increase the dues as it sees fit. Mr. Lewis' own salary was quietly raised from $8,000 to $12,000 per annum. He was cheered when he heaped contempt upon the "miserable coal camps of West Virginia" (nonunionized) and said that union miners would never let their standard be determined by "the hungriest unfortunates whom the non-union operators can employ." To signalize the U. M. W.'s proud defense of their present $7.50 minimum for six hours work, one Gus Smith would intermittently break into song, and the U. M. W. band of Monongahela...
...Charles Gates Dawes: "Last week, the Vice President and I celebrated our 38th wedding anniversary, received a flood of congratulations. I am usually content to let my politically pugnacious husband occupy the spotlight. He does it so spectacularly. It seems to have become our duty to eat all the dinners that Washington people would like to have the President and Mrs. Coolidge enjoy. As the social buttresses of the Administration, we rarely find time for a quiet evening at home...
...every year; and the more evident this fact becomes the less inclined are college men to consider public life as a career or to take any personal interest in the Government. The country is rich and prosperous; the college man who is a lazy individual is perfectly content to let the Government sink as it has been sinking gradually for many years into the hands of selfish not too greedy and fairly competent men. A recent novel of Washington life only increased this feeling of apathy by painting an even blacker picture of corruption than has ever been brought...