Word: reed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Next day, Senator Reed, (Dem.) of Missouri, stood up again: "The attempt to pass such a bill as this makes me sick all over-I hope to God that the Dawes' plan which he worked out for Europe is not so rotten economically as this...
Fervent, florid Senator James A. Reed of Missouri and his more or less silent colleagues continued their investigation of campaign expenses. At one point, Senator Reed was at pains to remind people that this dredging, though begun among slushy millions in Pennsylvania, would be extended to "every State in the union." The next state will be Illinois. The committee will repair to Chicago this month to plumb charges made last week by busy-buzzing Senator Thaddeus Caraway that three or more millions were spent on candidates...
Among the witnesses subjected last week to Senator Reed's piercing glance and searching questions were...
...snorted Senator Reed...
Later Mr. Wheeler was called to the stand. He said he was 56, born at Brookfield, Ohio, had worked for the Anti-Saloon League since 1894, began at a salary of $100 a month but only got about a third of it, was now drawing $666 a month. Senator Reed questioned him about cases in which he had "interfered" with the prosecution of prohibition agents who were accused. Mr. Wheeler, fidgeting nervously with his glasses, said his organization tried to help those who, it believed, were "framed." Senator Reed asked how much the National Organization (exclusive of the state bodies...