Word: nonpartisan
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...There he caught sight of John Holmes Overton, junior Senator from Louisiana and the Kingfish's short, pudgy henchman. Burt Henry suddenly remembered the day last winter when John Overton, on the floor of the Senate, had accused him of hypocrisy for representing the Honest Election League as nonpartisan. Said Henry: "If you do not apologize we'll go outside and settle this thing." On second thought he decided to settle it on the spot, led with his right. While Overton flailed his arms wildly, his strapping opponent stood off, slugged fast & hard, soon dropped the Senator...
...negative. In self-defense, Acting Governor Merriam espoused, under his breath, the Townsend Plan, a wild-eyed scheme to pay oldsters $200 a month with the understanding that each month's pension be spent in full within 30 days. But nobody took him seriously. Big drive of the "nonpartisan" Stop Sinclair movement took the form of a blizzard of pamphlets proclaiming: "Out Of His Own Mouth Shall He Be Judged." Material was culled from Author Sinclair's iconoclastic shelf of writings over a period of 30 years. These were sorted and directed toward groups in which they would...
Occasion was the G. O. P. lunch which Massachusetts' earnest, broad-beamed Congressman Allen Towner Treadway gives before every biennial election. Mrs. Coolidge affirmed her affection for the State her husband loved, declared it had always found Republican administrations sound, nonpartisan, just. Said...
Since the Digest is holding regular polls, however, there is little reason for not discovering at this time how the country stands. The poll is nonpartisan and as such should carry out its work without this consideration of party. An indication of the public opinion in the country now on the Roosevelt policies gathered in this manner, would be more conclusive than the returns on Election Day, for the disabilities of the Republican Party and the back-sniping of politicians will not play a part. The Digest stands an excellent chance of putting the Roosevelt administration to a fair test...
Fortnight ago was formed the American Liberty League to "guard American property and personal rights" from the New Deal. Last week to the New Deal's rescue sprang Americans, Inc. What distinguished the "nonpartisan" ALL was the fact that its founders were all celebrated political enemies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. What distinguished "nonpartisan" Americans, Inc. was the fact that all but one of its founders were inconsequential Democrats devoted to the President and all his policies. Lineup of Americans...