Word: protection
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...domestic legislator, his greatest single achievement was the Boulder Canyon Project Act which he turned into an onslaught upon the 'Tower Trust." [His satisfaction soured when the project's name was changed to Hoover Dam.] As a good Californian, he votes for top-notch duties to protect Californian products, seeks to exclude all Filipinos...
...transfer of troops from Fort Russell, Tex. to Kentucky, Tom Connally, Texas' long-haired, small-footed Senator, raced to Secretary Hurley to protest "this arbitrary, autocratic and unwarranted action." He was, he said, "coldly and bluntly told that it was no function of the Federal Government to protect the U. S. border from raids, revolutions, thieves and cut-throats." Back in the Senate last week Senator Connally charged that the War Department was concentrating its forces near the larger cities. "The Secretary of War," exclaimed the Senator, "with a glitter of fear in his eye, referred to Reds...
Interior's Wilbur: "The oil industry is in an increasingly sound position. . . The Western States are full grown and need not look to an absentee landlord to protect their interests. . . . Despite the exploitation of the [Massie] case by sensational newspapers, Hawaii remains one of the most peaceful communities in the world...
...House of Commons crusty Tories raised a cheer when Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Captain Anthony Eden boomed that "His Majesty's Government would not hesitate, in case of necessity, to take all legitimate measures to protect its vital interests." In Teheran the arrival of Britain's words-via British Wireless News Agency-caused such official consternation that Persian newspapers were forbidden to print them and special couriers were rushed off to Reza Shah Pahlevi who was still in Mazanderan applauding superb Turkoman horseflesh and horsemanship...
...nearly three years the Post Office Department has been experimenting with asbestos mail pouches, but not yet has it found one which will protect mail from being charred in the burning wreckage of an airplane.* Asbestos pouches are used only for registered mail and jewelry. Despite the fire hazard, the Post Office had a proud record to announce last week. In the fiscal year ended last June it lost only .01% of 8,846,000 Ib. of airmail carried. All of the loss was by fire. In the previous year the loss was .03%; the year before that...