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Dates: during 1920-1929
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General and Mrs. Dawes arrived in Washington and were met at the station by Henry M. Dawes (brother) with whom they motored to the White House. At the door, General Dawes turned aside to meet the newspaper men, many of whom he knew. A question was popped at him. He answered: "I wonder." He grinned and went on: "I guess that sounds strange coming from me, but you fellows will get used to it. I must talk sense and must be cautious in my replies. This is different business from being Director of the Budget, and, much as I like...
Said Mr. Bryan: "We have met here as representatives of the Party in the entire Nation, and no one who is accustomed to National Conventions will fail to appreciate the wisdom of bringing together representatives of the Party in all the states and territories...
Keynote. "Chairman Hull, ladies and gentlemen. Forty-eight years ago, in the City of St. Louis, the hosts of Democracy met in convention to dedicate themselves to purging corruption from the public service. We meet today for a rededication to the same service. There was corruption then, there is a saturnalia of corruption now. There were disgraced public officials then, repudiated by their party and under arrest; but today Fall goes unmolested on his ranch in New Mexico, Daugherty sat with Presidential approval in the Convention at Cleveland, and Daugherty's attorney was Chairman of the committee created...
...Government wishes to follow, can rest easy with the clear consciousness that if the crisis grows worse instead of better, public opinion and history cannot throw the blame on us." Opposition. The parties of the Opposition were not to be quieted by Benito's promises of reform. They met in plenary session to damn Fascismo, to lay the blame for the Matteotti affair at the door of the Government, to demand the abolition of the Fascist militia, to ask in veiled language for Benito's resignation, to state that they would not attend Parliament again "as long...
...often been told. Last year's relief expedition, headed by Harold Noice, brought back only the Eskimo woman, Ada Blackjack. It left on the island Charles Wells and 13 Eskimos. Nothing has been heard from them since, and Lomen will discover whether they have survived or whether they met the fate of the first luckless colonists. Besides this altruistic motive, Lomen has the inducement of obtaining Stefansson's share in the Wells party's fur catch. A trip to Australia prevents Stefansson from going himself...