Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Received from the Naval Affairs Committee a bill from Maine's Hale to build the U. S. fleet up to maximum, treaty strength...
...bill that went to the Senate was sponsored by Maine's Senator Frederick Hale, chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee and persistent advocate of a full-sized Navy. In 200 words it gave blanket authority for whatever naval construction was necessary to bring the fleet to its maximum strength. It appropriated no money; it detailed no building program; it set no time limits. If enacted, however, it would permit an expenditure of close to $1,000,000,000 to complete all vessels now building, modernize all capital ships, equip all carriers with aircraft, replace all overage craft...
...trumpets, the blast of horns, the shrill of clarinets, the reverberating beat of drums lies an overpowering factor in the patriotism of a nation. Of these elements Sousa was possibly the greatest master that the world has ever known. With consummate skill he combined them to produce a maximum of effect...
...banking system with State currency issued against cotton and wheat; 3) abolition of ad valorem taxes on homes and farms; 4) maximum income taxes on "excess salaries of corporation managers"; 5) impeachment for Federal judges who abuse the power of jurisdiction; 6) conscription of money as well as men in the next war; 7) full payment of the soldier bonus; 8) coinage of "enough gold and silver to meet normal demands"; 9) tariff reduction. Adopting this platform, delegates loudly declared that "the great battle of 1932 is America against Wall Street, special interests and predatory wealth." Governor Murray loosed...
...South American stamps, belongs to the Society of Philatelic Americans and to the Collectors Club, of which New Jersey's onetime Senator Frelinghuysen and Pianomaker Theodore Steinway are also members. Of the estimated 3,000,000 U. S. stamp collectors, Scott Stamp & Coin Co. guesses that perhaps a maximum of 500.000 are adult, potential Roosevelt boosters...