Word: motions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...door of the church and he sat with them. The only guests at luncheon and at dinner in the evening were Mr. and Mrs. Stearns. After dinner the Coolidges spent three hours with disabled veterans at Walter Reed Hospital and saw the first exhibition of Abraham Lincoln, an historical motion picture...
...there. In 1924, 45 pictures will be made in Hollywood; 15 other film plays will be made at the Lasky studio on Long Island. This projected production of 60 pictures in 1924 compares with the 52 pictures produced in 1923. Mr. Lasky emphatically denied rumors to the effect that motion picture producers contemplated moving their studios from Hollywood to the East. Said he: "These reports about centering production in the East or about moving our studio East are entirely unfounded. Time after time we have investigated production costs and facilities, and it is a settled policy and an incontrovertible fact...
Senator A. Owsley Stanley of Kentucky, another Democrat rose to praise the deadlock: "What Democrat, what patriot, what lover of his country could ask Congress to put this thing [the Republican majority] in motion again? Do we want another railroad bill? Do we want to put more burdens on the backs of the poor and relieve still more coffers of the rich...
...regarded as certain that the Ways and Means Committee of the House would take up the case of a soldier bonus before considering Secretary Mellon's tax reduction plan. When the Committee met in its first session, a motion was made to consider tax reduction first. At once the advocates of the bonus made five counter propositions-for considering the bonus first, for considering the bonus when Congress reassembles on Jan. 3, etc.-and all five, were defeated...
...conferred with MM. Peret, Roulleaux-Dugage, Justin Godart, Briand, Varenne, Barthelemy. It was decided to ask the Chamber for a postponement until Dec. 20 in order to enable the Government to make a decisive stand on the question before the Suffrage Commission. The Chamber, however, defeated the Government's motion by 282 to 246 votes. After a further period of discussion, in which M. Andrieux, dean of the Chamber, further complicated the extremely complex problem by suggesting that Article 1 be treated separately, the bill had to be adjourned until...