Word: senting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Putting Senator Adams on a chilly spot did not finish the President's work. His secretariat sent out hundreds of letters to citizens anxious or angry about the cut. in which blame was heaped squarely upon Congress. One letter said: "The needs of WPA are very close to the President's heart...
...President sent a special message to Congress asking for a law to end the reciprocal tax immunity of Federal, State and municipal salaries and securities. He wrote: "A fair and effective progressive income tax and a huge perpetual reserve of tax-exempt bonds could not exist side by side. Those who earn their livelihood from Government should bear the same tax burden as those who earn their livelihood in private employment." The President reminded Congress that unless it acts before March 15. salaries paid by quasi-public bodies like the Port of New York Authority will, by last year...
...after his retirement from office, Maryland's fat former Governor, Republican Harry Whinna Nice, gloatingly sent to his successor, Democrat Herbert O'Conor, a package of headache powders...
...barns, mules, chicken coops and people bobbing around in a drenched and bewildering world. One of the bewildered people is a tall, lean, 25-year-old hillbilly convict who has never seen much water before. Given a boat which he does not know how to manage, he is sent to rescue a woman perched on an old cypress snag and a man clinging to the ridgepole of a cotton house...
Coach Jaakko Mikkola sent a trio of shot-putters to the 23rd annual Y. M. C. A. handicap meet and they scored a sweep in the event. Bud Towksbury and Art Mason received 8 foot 5 inch handicaps and finished first and second with heaves of 50 foot 7 inches and 49 foot, while Howie Mendel placed third with a 48 foot 81/2 inch toss including his 2 foot 1 inch handicap...