Word: platform
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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REPUBLICANS Hooverizings Notable among Hooverizings of the week were: Andrew William Mellon, over the radio from Washington: . . ."[after re- viewing fiscal history since 1920] The Republican party has given a notable instance of platform promises carried out. Under the leadership of President Coolidge, it has proved itself a party of constructive ability. In Mr. Hoover, it offers to the country an able and experienced leader, who will carry on the work of the present Ad- ministration. After a long and successful business career, he has held many public and official positions of the greatest responsibility. He has proved himself...
Despite Nominee Smith's declaration for protection, Nominee Hoover pointed to the Democratic platform's mention of an "effective competitive" tariff. Wading in deeper, but never mentioning his opponent by name, he defended the Tariff Commission as "a most valuable arm of the Government. It can be strengthened and made more useful in several ways...
...This the Democratic party in its platform holds to be absolutely necessary...
Last week, in the hot-packed dining room of Young's Hotel, Mr. Fitzgerald made his way to the rostrum where Mr. Curley was making a political oration. Mr. Curley paused, leaned over the rail and offered his hand. Mr. Fitzgerald seized it, shook it, mounted the platform, shook hands again. He began a speech, shook hands again. He continued speaking, shook hands again. He finished speaking, shook hands again. Mr. Fitzgerald then sang "Sweet Adeline" as he always does at emo- tional moments. Mr. Curley applauded. They shook hands (sixth time), for the cameras, and Boston's Democracy...
Settling to business, the Congress soon passed resolutions reaffirming the historic Free Trade policy of British Liberalism, and also re-endorsed the program of agrarian reform which Mr. Lloyd George has been developing for several years past, to catch the farmer vote. Further elaboration of the party platform proceeded monotonously and then David Lloyd George jumped up to make his promised keynote attack on Tory foreign policy. His point of savage attack was, of course, the secret Anglo-French naval agreement concluded by Sir Austen Chamberlain just before his nervous breakdown (TIME...