Word: plans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There is a tide in the affairs of men, and last week Franklin Roosevelt might well have thought it had set against him. Senator Robinson's sudden death was followed by the threat that his whole Court Plan might fail (see p. 10). A new fight over the majority leadership of the Senate impended, a fight in which it was likewise touch & go whether the President could have his way (see p. 12). On top of these things, the Lehman letter was a serious blow...
...week of such adversity Franklin Roosevelt, who once likened himself to a quarterback calling signals from play to play as the football game developed, astounded the whole stadium full of politicians. Quarterback Roosevelt, having called for a line plunge on the Court Plan's three-yard line, found himself set back to the middle of the field. In the new situation he called for another plunge through the centre of the line, made a direct demand that the Court Bill be passed (see p. 10). Political observers scratched their heads, wondered what was passing through the quarterback...
...members of the California Townsend Club, Founder Francis Everett Townsend wailed: "I was offered $200 a month bribe for the rest of my life to lay off the Townsend Plan. But I'm going to keep on fighting . . . until...
Originally the plan was to use the ax on Chesapeake, retaining Alleghany, which was the company the "Babes" bought from old Mr. Ball. But of the two, Chesapeake had a far better name with the public, and Messrs. Young, Kirby & Kolbe have demonstrated an uncommon flair for public relations. To newshawks last week Mr. Young handed photostats of the chart used by the Wheeler committee during the Washington hearings on the Van Sweringen empire. Through all holding companies which have been, or would be, segregated or eliminated on completion of the Alleghany-Chesapeake merger, Mr. Young had drawn heavy black...
...camps. He started life as a farm boy, went to Kansas State Teachers' College, served in the Navy during the World War. After graduate work at Columbia University, and research for the New York City Board of Education, he joined Life Camps armed with a complete plan of reorganization. Dr. Sharp, who describes himself as the father of a Girl Scout, considers his job only half begun when the summer is over. He follows the careers of the youngsters who have come to him for summer fun, irons out their home problems, watches that they finish schooling, helps them...