Word: murrays
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...distress Mr. Martin telephoned C. I. O. Vice Presidents Sidney Hillman and Philip Murray, the overseers installed by John Lewis to suppress factionalism in U. A. W. They went to Detroit, last week got the board to call a special convention for March 20 in Cleveland. Object: to let the rank & file end the row by throwing out one faction or the other...
...dissolution of WPA in 90 days and the return of Relief, still federally financed, to the States. Leaders of a movement to continue WPA but earmark its appropriations in Congress (contrary to President Roosevelt's wish), will be South Carolina's Byrnes and Montana's Murray, hitherto Administration...
...Whooey. Every one knows his job. Every cook makes a contribution to the broth. Playwright Abbott provides a sound book (least brilliant part of the show) ; Director Abbott, whirlwind direction that keeps it moving, moving, moving; Comic Jimmy Savo contributes wild-eyed dimwit mischief; Fat Girl Wynn Murray, dishpan antics and Amazonian sex threats; Lorenz Hart, brash, bawdy, witty lyrics (best line: She was so chaste that it made her very nervous); Rodgers, a gay, bright lilting score, never better than it is in This Can't Be Love, Sing for Your Supper...
When the Association held its annual meeting last week in Murray, Ky. the impounded funds had mounted to $47,000, but Dr. Sherwood still held out. The Georgetown trustees stuck by him; so did the students and faculty. The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce, American Legion and Women's Club were for him to the last signature. Just as solidly against him, the Baptist Association as usual voted its annual request that Dr. Sherwood resign or be rebaptized, further declared that Georgetown had in effect "severed" its Baptist connections...
Dean Russell is a candidate for president of Columbia when 76-year-old Nicholas Murray Butler retires. Irked by businessmen's reference to his college as "The Big Red University," he last year retired liberal, 65-year-old Professor William Heard Kilpatrick. Since then Teachers College leftists, notably Professors George Sylvester Counts and Jesse H. Newlon, have held their tongues...