Word: robinson
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ones and twos and small platoons, Braintrusters, Congressmen and labor leaders passed before his desk, giving advice and taking orders. Representative Connery of Massachusetts, Chairman of the House Labor Committee, House Leader Sam Rayburn, Senator Black of Alabama, Chairman of the Senate Education & Labor Committee, Senate Leader Robinson, buzzed in & out. The Black-Connery Bill was whipped into shape-40 hours a week maximum, 40? an hour minimum were its terms as given to the press. Previews and consultations were provided, one day for A. F. of L.'s William Green, who would not firmly commit himself; another...
Events piled on Franklin Roosevelt thick & fast at last week's beginning: Justice Van Devanter's resignation, adverse committee's vote on his Supreme Court Plan, the Senate's "nomination'' of Leader Joseph T. Robinson for the Court (see p. 17). By the week's end, however, he was again pushing events before him, getting under way his first big project since his return from the tantalizing tarpon of Texas: his drive for wage & hour legislation...
...following were elected as officers of the Society for next year: Donald R. Griflin '38, Philip W. Morse '38 and Douglas H. Robinson '39 of Lowell House, and Karl F. Guthe '39 and Ralph I. Smith '38 of Leverett House...
...Strike out 'at this stage,' " barked Joe Robinson...
...first ten years of the meet's history, competitors at Fresno broke eleven world's records, tied three. Last week, they broke two more. Elroy Robinson, Merced, Calif, schoolteacher, ran 1,000 yards in 2 min., 9.7 sec.-to break the record made by Luigi Beccali of Italy in 1933. Stanford's 880-yd. relay team (James Kneubuhl, Ray Malott, Stanley Hiserman, Jack Weierhauser) scooted around the track in 1 min., 25 sec.-.8 sec. faster than the mark set by a University of Southern California team in 1927. Runner Weierhauser's tape-breaking...