Word: peppered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Angeles, Mr. & Mrs. Albert J. Anderson were nearing the end of their treasure hunt (among other items they must collect: a Winston Churchill cigar butt, one hair from Jack Benny's toupee, another from John L. Lewis' eyebrow, a salt cellar from Senator Pepper, a shilling from Sir Harry Lauder, a copy of the Missouri Waltz, autographed by President Truman and Senator Taft, one of Herbert Hoover's collars). If they bring in everything to NBC's Truth or Consequences next week, the Andersons will collect a washing machine, a man's wardrobe, a diamond...
Then Florida's left-wing Senator Claude Pepper spoke up. Leaving a White House conference, he told reporters that "the President should be and will be nominated and should be and will bo elected." He had given up all ideas of a third party headed by Henry Wallace. Said Pepper: "I think Mr. Wallace can render his best service by continuing to be a private citizen who speaks his mind freely...
...Senator Pepper then described the man Harry Truman should pick as his running mate: "Somebody who subscribes as completely as possible to the views of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He ought to be someone who can command not only the strong but the enthusiastic support of organized labor and the working people in general." No one doubted that Claude Pepper, friend of Russia and darling of the left wing, was looking in the mirror as he was speaking...
That night, the Senator went on the air over Mutual Broadcasting's Meet the Press, again gave Harry Truman a warm pat on the back. After the program there was a telephone call for Senator Pepper. From the other end of the wire a familiar Missouri voice spoke. The President wanted to thank Pepper for the nice things he had said. The program had come in very clearly, he added, and was very animated...
...attendance, behavior, or ability. The chief criterion is to be chronological age. Pupils having been exposed to this 'something-for-nothing' policy . . . will be unprepared to meet real life. . . ." Emboldened, 14 of the city's 16 high schools joined the battle. Individual teachers began to pepper the newspapers with a spatter of angry letters...