Word: republican
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...question, and frequently the latter was not put at all. Furthermore, the Democratic losses are partly the normal mid term reaction, considerably accentuated by the fact that Americans do not like depressions. Finally, the repudiation is not generally that of liberal New Deal principles, which were endorsed since many Republican standard-bearers were fully committed to such untraditional doctrines as social security, collective bargaining, farm and unemployed relief. What has been repudiated are the spending-lending program, the radically left-wing leanings of the administration, and its efforts to forge a nation-wide Tammany...
WASHINGTON--Apparently unperturbed by sharp Republican gains in Tuesday's elections, President Roosevelt today said he would continue to fight for New Deal objectives even though the next Congress opposes...
...first comment on the election which swept many New deal stalwarts into the discard and raised the Republican party to a place of power in both the House and Senate. Mr. Roosevelt said at his press conference, however, that he sees no threat to a continuation of liberal government nor does he envisage a coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats arising to circumvent...
Sullivan, who was nosed out by Republican Chester R. Swenson for assemblyman from the second district in Middlesex by a scant 200 votes had demanded a recount. "It probably won't change things," he said, "but I'll find out where all the dirt was thrown, where I got knifed...
Sullivan attributes his defeat to "too much Republican money" and Curley's weakness as head of the state ticket. "The Republicans were smart," he explained. "They knew Hurley would be a harder man to beat than Curley, so they pushed him out in the primaries...