Word: press
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wish to supplement the offer. In a Tribune dispatch signed by Willard Edwards, printed November 1, purporting to present facts pertaining to my broadcast description of the Dies Committee's methods, this sentence occurs: "Press association reporters who have covered all the hearings corroborated Dies's assertion that Anderson was present at only two sessions, leaving in the middle of the second...
...satisfaction of any judge designated by TIME. More- I will give $100 under the same terms if I cannot prove, by the evidence of my dispatches published in the St. Louis Star-Times, by the records of the Western Union Telegraph Co., and by the testimony of press association and other reporters, that I attended the five consecutive sessions of the committee from October 17 to 21, inclusive, which covered the testimony on the Michigan sitdown strikes, including the testimony of Judge Gadola and ex-City Manager Barringer that the "treasonable" conduct of Governor Murphy had resulted in "a breakdown...
Such were the morning-after sentiments of cheery Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt. But not for two days did her husband tell the press how he felt about the election returns. In reply to direct questions he finally said the returns were "all right"; he did not anticipate a coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats working against him; his own forecast of Democratic losses had been too small by one Senator, 16 Representatives; he did not plan to change his legislative program. Oldtime, arch-Republican Correspondent Mark Sullivan, watching Franklin Roosevelt intently from the massed ranks of reporters, admitted that he looked...
Three courses seemed to lie before this President who, after having his hold on the country tightened in three successive elections, now suddenly felt that hold loosen, 1) He could press ahead with his legislative reforms, forcing issues to bring about the national Liberal v. Conservative realignment he had undertaken. 2) He could acquiesce in the new independence of Congress and let it work out its own solutions to controversial problems like Labor law and Social Security revision, railroad rehabilitation, while he led on toward larger, less controversial goals such as national Rearmament and security for the Western Hemisphere...
...ignorance. It can give him some ability to pick the right material for future reading, and more important still, awaken a new interest in him which will lead to a desire for more of this type of reading, even if it is only the political news in the daily press. Finally, by starting this train of consequences, it should enable him to vote more intelligently and take part in discussions with greater ability...