Word: slemp
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...form. William M. Butler, Republican National Committeeman from Massachusetts, was made titular head of the Coolidge organization, and announced that he would open National headquarters. There he will be in close touch with James W. Good of Iowa and James B. Reynolds of Illinois, sub-chieftains. Secretary C. Bascom Slemp takes responsibility for the South. Meanwhile, bending their constant efforts, practically taking bed and board at the White House, are Frank W. Stearns of Boston and Colonel George Harvey of Peacham...
...this concession to the South? Senator Hiram Johnson declared it was an effort of C. Bascom Slemp to put over the nomination of Mr. Coolidge by patronage-bought delegates from the South. But it is known, on the other hand, that Mr. Johnson's own campaign manager, Frank H. Hitchcock, is an "expert broker of Southern delegates...
...Senator Cummins, Senator Lodge, Senator and Mrs. Warren, Senator and Mrs. Borah, Senator Curtis, Senator and Mrs. Wadsworth, Senator David I. Walsh, Representative and Mrs. Madden, Representative and Mrs. Longworth, Representative and Mrs. Frothingham, Governor and Mrs. Cox of Massachusetts, Ambassador-Designate to Great Britain and Mrs. Kellogg, Secretary Slemp...
...Secretary Slemp announced that hereafter on Tuesdays and Fridays (Cabinet meeting days) the President will receive no callers, do no handshaking...
...which Pilgrim Slemp replied: "I speak all Congressional dialects, Chief, and yours is no worse than many I have heard...