Word: martinisms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Salem, Ore., went Senate GOP Chief Charles Linza McNary; House GOP Chief Joseph William Martin studied timetables to Hawaii; House Democrat Chief Sam Rayburn headed home to his beloved shorthorn cattle in Bonham, Texas. By mutual agreement the leaders decided that events did not justify their remaining in Washington to counsel with Franklin Roosevelt as had been promised when the special session assembled...
Last week a Red-fearing woman in Pine Bluff, Ark. sent Congressman Martin Dies a check for $100. This did not surprise Mr. Dies. But, as a Congressional investigator, he can spend only appropriated funds, so he had to return the gift. In his great hunt for un-Americans, Martin Dies is used to receiving and refunding thousands of donated dollars. Once an 82-year-old beneficiary of Social Security telegraphed SSB to give Martin Dies $362 due her. His take-&-return runs as high as $800 in one day, runs highest when he makes radio speeches announcing that...
Meantime the education of Martin Dies proceeded apace. A blustery, headline-hunter when he came out of Orange County, Texas, Chairman Dies is still hunting news space ("The only thing that counts in these investigations is what gets in the papers"). But last week he revealed an understanding that Reds and Nazis do not just grow out of thin air. Said he, projecting an ambitious new line of inquiry. "I want to give the nation a graphic picture of the deplorable conditions that breed Communism and Fascism...
...beaten, miserable and helpless railroad clerks." Each damned clerk would try first "to find or create a job for himself," then try "to find or create a job for 23 others." Last week Legionnaires Miller and Carr reported results: eight jobs found, two in sight. Pennsy's President Martin Clement heard about the Legion, praised the clerks' initiative, saw that several (including Mr. Miller) got their old jobs back...
Washington police published a list of parking violators whose tickets had been "adjusted" without penalty in October. Among them: Senator James E. Murray, Rep. Clifton Woodrum, Rep. Martin Dies...