Word: relief
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...says the U. S. Constitution, "that office" being the Presidency. Amid last week's boomings was heard some shrill, legalistic pop-gunnery to the effect that Herbert Clark Hoover was ineligible for the Presidency because in 1914 and for several years thereafter he was directing war relief work in Europe...
...session. The five "progressives"- "Wisconsin's LaFollette and Elaine, North Dakota's Frazier and Nye, and Minnesota's unique Farmer-Laborite Shipstead" had, prior to the Senate's "organizing," asked the orthodox Republicans for assurance that this session would see a "final vote" on farm relief, anti-Labor injunctions and U. S. policies in Latin-America. Senator Curtis, chief Republican, had replied with affable caution. The "progressives" had later agreed to support the Republicans' committee choices and their ticket for the more-or-less honorary Senate offices-President pro tem., Secretary, Sergeant-at-Arms...
Senator McMaster, South Dakota Republican, unexpectedly chimed in to demand just what assurance of action on farm relief the "progressives" had obtained. He discomfited his Republican brethren with a resolution to bring up revision of the industrial tariff, that being the vulnerable spot of farm-relief antagonists. Senator Brookhart tousled himself afresh in a harangue to the effect that he was proud of having once been "kicked out" of the G. O. P. "There are only two parties in the United States now," he cried. "One is the Wall Street party and the other is that opposed to it." Senator...
...prevent hypocrisy"-a modification of the McNary-Haugen farm-relief plan, substituting for that plan's equalization fee an exchange of export debentures for negotiable customs certificates which would permit farmers to import dutiable merchandise duty-free.-Democrat Caraway of Arkansas...
...housewives, "home girls" and a few common everyday women?representatives, in short, of the 34 women's organizations for which the National Council of Women aims to be a guide and interpreter, met last week in Manhattan. President Valeria H. Parker, a doctor of medicine, sex-hygienist and flood relief worker, presided over them all and was reelected...