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...other Governors called during the week ? John E. Martineau of Arkansas, to pay respects; Ralph Owen Brewster of Maine, to talk Merchant Marine...
...state governors seldom find time to visit at the White House, but one of them was among the first Coolidge callers last week -Governor John T. Martineau of Arkansas. He came as a chair-man with his six Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi colleagues on the tri-state executive board of flood control. After the call, Governor Martineau said: "We found President Coolidge sympathetic. . . ." He estimated that the permanent anti-flood program would cost close to a half billion.* The governor and colleagues later conferred with Secretary of War Davis and chief of engineers General Hadwin. ¶Four days after Governor...
...personnel of the meeting included both Democrats and Republicans, the Governors discussed most controversial questions in a non-controversial manner. Prohibition, so burning a question that it is almost certain to provoke heated debate, they did not even mention. Among prominent governors present were Lennington Small, Illinois; John E. Martineau, Arkansas; Ed Jackson, Indiana; John Hammill, Iowa; Ralph O. Brewster, Maine (president of the conference) ; and Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland. Among prominent governors not present were Dan Moody, Texas; Alvan T. Fuller, Massachusetts; Alfred E. Smith, New York; Charles C. Young, Calfornia; George W. P. Hunt,* Arizona...
...last week, spoke Chief Scout Daniel Carter Beard, 77, founder of U. S. Boy Scouts, at the Boy Scout camp near Bear Mountain, N. Y. Among his listeners were Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York, Governor John E. Martineau of Arkansas, Governor John H. Trumbull of Connecticut, Barron Collier, August Heckscher, Will H. Hays, Edward F. Albee, William H. ("Big Bill") Edwards, General Robert Lee Bullard, and some 800 Boy Scouts...
...fired at from the shore-probably as a hint to keep midstream lest the wash endanger a levee. The Red Cross quickly collected a $5,000,000 relief fund, began a drive for $5,000,000 more. Pestilence and curtailed water supply threatened crowded refugee camps. Governor John E. Martineau of Arkansas asked the Red Cross for enough smallpox and typhoid vaccine to inoculate 25,000 persons. Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas suggested a special session of Congress to provide funds for relief work; President Coolidge decided that the emergency would be over before Congress could assemble and make...