Word: reeds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This outcry from the Demosthenes of Missouri, James A. Reed, was in vain. The Senate voted at tea time, precisely at the stroke of 4:00, and confirmed the Italian debt settlement, 54 to 33. Senator Reed, incensed, announced that he would move to reconsider, saying that it was unthinkable that the U. S. should accept Italian bonds worth $528,000.000* for a debt of $2,150,151,000. But those who had argued that the settlement was all that Italy was financially able to pay?that it was either so much or nothing?were ahead of him. Senator Fess...
...Andrews' removal. Why? What had he done, left undone? How had he sinned against the spirit of the Drys? This is what happened: The General was called back again before the committee to amplify certain complicated figures which he had previously presented. All went well with him until Senator Reed, mighty Missourian, began to quiz him in tones now jocular, now earnest. The Senator tried to get him to admit that some of the "light wine and beer bills" would, if passed, solve the enforcement question. The General refused to make any such admission. Then the Senator got to putting...
...little committee room became last week the hub of political interest. Five men sat during long hours sometimes lasting into the night to learn about prohibition. They were the subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Four are Drys. One, James A. Reed of Missouri...
Senator Bruce made, according to Senator Reed, the ablest presentation of the anti-prohibition case ever submitted by a public...
...there is no Jesus Christ in this either at the head or along the line," replied Senator Reed. "My friend has gone into Biblical matters, a question I did not understand he was at all familiar with...