Word: reed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When the resolution came up Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania rose and told how he and four other lawyers had been consulted by Mr. Mellon before the latter took office. On their advice Mr. Mellon had disposed of such of his property as in their opinion would be in violation of the statutes. After Mr. Reed's explanation, the resolution was placed on the calendar whence it is not likely to be withdrawn for consideration...
...James A. Reed, senior U. S. Senator from Missouri: "As I stood in the doorway of the Daugherty investigation committee room, a messenger boy trod on my toes. Said I: 'I'm tired of having you damn kids tramp on my toes!' Said the boy, just as hotly: "I'm no more of a damn kid than you are a damn...
...Senator gets a salary. His clerks get a salary. But who gets more? Senators Reed and Pepper of Pennsylvania, and Copeland of New York asked for a larger allowance for clerk hire because they come from large states and have many letter-writing constituents. Senator Pepper declared that his salary was $7,500 a year, but that he had to spend $10,500 out of his own pocket to hire extra clerks. A resolution to assist the three unfortunate might have been promptly passed, had not Senator Willis of Ohio demanded that its benefits be extended to others with inflated...
...young American, full of energy," tall, slim, graceful is Harold Barlow, a native of the Middle West (Plain City, Ohio), a representative of the Far West (Portland, Ore.), a graduate of Reed College and the Columbia University Music Department, who has had the daring to organize and lead an orchestra "composed solely of Americans and dedicated to the performance of compositions by Americans...
...Sons of '01, at a meeting hold yesterday in Apthorp House, elected officers for the coming year. They are as follows: president, W. T. Reed '26; vice-president, G. B. Hart '27; secretary, R. H. Jackson...