Word: lifes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...This is one of the most important domestic problems in American life. ... There are many cities and towns now where the local C. I. O. and A. F. of L. are ... in closest harmony. . . . The two factions, as they are called, are really not factions. They realize that their interests are the same. I accept the premise that both sides want peace. ... I am counting on you to succeed...
...Green and its veteran Secretary-Treasurer Frank Morrison be guaranteed their salaries for life "for services rendered...
...wife is usually as sacred as a President, in the Washington smartchat The Senator Helen Essary, wife of the Baltimore Sun's longtime Washington Correspondent Jesse Frederick Essary, coolly observed: "History has marked Woodrow Wilson as a hero. The intimate story of his public and personal . . . life should not have been written by a frivolous wife...
...After the stroke that paralyzed Woodrow Wilson's left side, ended his nationwide speaking tour for the League, left him an invalid for the rest of his life, he was visited by a Senate subcommittee, ostensibly to discuss a Mexican treaty, actually to decide on his fitness to continue in office. Leader was New Mexico's Albert B. ("Teapot Dome") Fall, who entered the room "looking like a regular Uriah Heap, 'washing his hands with invisible soap in imperceptible water.' " Said Senator Fall: "Well, Mr. President, we have all been praying for you." Said the President...
...Third Republic of France, in 69 years of sturdy life, has had 14 Presidents. Of these only five have served their full seven-year terms-Emile Loubet, Armand Falliéres, Raymond Poincaré, Gaston Dou-mergue. Jules Grévy. Six have resigned. Adolphe Thiers, Marshal MacMahon and Alexandre Millerand quit under political pressure. Jules Grévy tried a second term, left when his son-in-law was caught trafficking in Legion of Honor decorations. Casimir Périer got disgusted with his job. Paul Deschanel went crazy, tried to commit suicide by jumping out of a train...