Word: retainers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Coach Stubbs has announced that he will retain a considerably larger squad than in previous ones as he believes it will help to train more men for next year...
Even before election, correspondents were eyeing friends and associates of Mr. Hoover in order to foresee his Cabinet. After the election, thousands of speculative words were penned. No one knew, but a good many thought he would retain Secretaries Mellon (Treasury) Davis (War) and New (Postmaster-General). And nearly everyone thought that the next Attorney-General would not be the incumbent who is Mr. Coolidge's good friend, John Garibaldi Sargent; but would be Mr. Hoover's good friend William J. ("Wild Bill") Donovan,* who is now assistant to Mr. Sargent. For Secretary of State, Mr. Hoover would...
Representatives.-The chairmen of the Congressional Committees-Indiana's Will R. Wood (Republican) and Arkansas's Will A. Oldfield (Democrat)-each predicted, as a matter of course, that their partisans throughout the land would win or retain enough seats to control the U. S. House of Representatives in the 71st Congress. The effect of these campaigns upon the presidential result is almost nil. except in special cases. In allegedly wavering Florida, the last minute efforts of Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter of the Great Commoner, Democratic candidate for Congress, will doubtless help the Brown Derby. Similarly effective, for Hooverism...
...years-old proposals Senator Norris last year finally did get sup port. Congress passed his bill to have the United States retain and operate its power and nitrate plants at Muscle Shoals, Ala. President Coolidge killed the bill by pocket-veto. Nominee Hoover embraced the Coolidge policies. Nominee Smith's stand for government control of water power is as well known as his first name. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission discovered to what extent the power lobby had been manipulating to make water power safe for privateers. The Republican platform and acceptance speech ignored, the Democratic platform and acceptance...
...Committee of nine men will not elect a chairman from the Freshman class but will retain Harper as chairman. When a president of the class is elected later in the year with other officers who may take over the duties of the committee, the councilmen will confine themselves only to the activities within their own dormitories. No proctors will be included in the membership of this temporary Executive Council...