Word: relief
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Moses Edwin Clapp, Minnesota Republican, onetime (1901-17) U. S. Senator. Reason: Farm relief...
Frank Orren Lowden of Illinois, farmers' friend, recessed Republican, said he was "much impressed" by the Hoover acceptance speech, called the farm relief passages "very heartening," but issued no endorsement of Hooverism...
Adam McMullen, resonant Republican, Governor of Nebraska, said he was still dissatisfied with the Hoover farm-relief views...
Rested and notified, Nominee Hoover once more became the busy Beaver Man. He concluded his conferences with managers at Palo Alto and set out, via the Southwest, to explain further to the Midwest what he means to do about "the most important obligation of the next Administration"-farm relief...
Senator Curtis then made 14 solemn promises, of which the following phrase was typical: "To enforce the laws without fear or favor." He discussed Farm Relief for twelve paragraphs, suggesting that a small, nonpartisan, joint committee of Congress be appointed to work out a plan. To Law Enforcement he gave five very Dry paragraphs: "The Constitution of the United States is the Keystone of our national strength, our pride in the hour of prosperity, our consolation and rallying point under every pressure of adversity . . . etc., etc." "I believe in meeting an issue squarely," he said. Next came Women, then...