Word: republican
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Landon, former Republican nominee for President, admitted that he had never heard of Graville Hicks as he arrived in Boston last night...
...Government granted privilege and the FRC (from which in 1934 the Federal Communications Commission inherited its powers) became the dispenser of the privilege. The law now allows maximum three year licenses. The Commission makes them subject to a renewal petition by the broadcaster every six months. Last year, with Republican Senator White of Maine and others baying that a sharp political odor was arising from the FCC, President Roosevelt-to whom radio means a lot-sent over his acute and large-eared little trouble shooter, 65-year-old Frank Ramsay McNinch, to be the Commission's chairman...
...weeks before the 1922 March on Rome, Fascist Mussolini was an avowed Republican pledged to upset the Throne, and he came out as a Monarchist in a public speech only a few weeks before the March. Significantly the Fascist marchers on Rome were poorly armed, whereas His Majesty had mobilized powerful army units, held discreetly in barracks and side streets of Rome. Editor Mussolini remained at Milan 400 miles away until after the March, then accepted the telegraphed invitation of Vittorio Emanuele to come to Rome and form "His Majesty's Government" as Premier...
There he immediately took a sharply regulatory attitude and by more than one opinion established himself, to the dismay of his Republican sponsor, as a New Dealer before the New Deal began. Power Commissioner McNinch attacked holding companies two years before the Roosevelt Public Utility...
...Chillicothe, Ohio, a would-be citizen applied for papers. She was asked: "In a republican form of government, how is the Constitution changed?" Replied Mrs. Julia Fitzgerald: "By the Democrats...