Word: roosevelts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rather "sordid procedure," President Roosevelt called the committee's action. Well aware that millions of U. S. citizens applaud what he is doing, dreaming of political rewards to come, Martin Dies in reply warned the President he had better mend his talk. Cried the chairman (by radio) : "There is nothing new about this latest attack by the Administration . . . except the occasion which prompted it. ... The time has come when the country and those in control of the Government should determine whether or not we shall be ... constantly handicapped, embarrassed and thwarted by Washington officialdom...
...House of Representatives this week came at last the Pittman Neutrality Bill. With it came hordes of newsmen, shoals of tourists, and Franklin Roosevelt's hopes of quick enactment and adjournment. House leaders maneuvered the Neutrality Bill to the floor under technical safeguards that guaranteed swift action. Only a major upset now could plant new barriers in the path of U. S. aid to the Allies - and no upset was expected...
...five years ago Mrs. Mudd was a typical society matron, noted for her large & lavish parties, her charitable activities, her ancient Roman jewelry (dug up in Cyprus). But five years ago Mrs. Herbert Hoover (who has become as well-known an ad for the Girl Scouts as Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt is for the airlines) suggested that the Girl Scouts be revitalized by people with fresh viewpoints, named Mrs. Mudd as a natural revitalizer...
...addressing a session of the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union this week (an unlikely possibility), the last phase of the peace drive petered to a close last week at Castel Gandolfo, Italy. One after the other the world's Big Men-Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Roosevelt, Chamberlain-had reneged, bungled, excused or disqualified themselves from the job of proposing the one Big Plan the world had spent two months hoping for-a Peace Plan...
...secret among close associates of James Roosevelt and his wife that the couple have not found the harmony they expected since Jimmy's migration to Hollywood. . . . He has been seen in company with Miss Romelle Schneider, the nurse who aided him in his fight to regain his health after an operation at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. . . . It is reported that Mr. Roosevelt will make the first move about getting a divorce...