Word: soldiers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...voted against: the Tariff (1922), Soldier Bonus (1924), Farm Relief (1927, 1928), the Navy's 15-Cruiser bill...
...General Hines, director of the Veterans' Bureau. Theoretically the measure was still a compensation for War disability; practically it was a headlong plunge to pensions for veterans disabled in civil life. Under it a veteran stricken with gout on Dec. 31, 1929 would be compensated equally with a soldier who lost his legs in the first week of fighting. In the debate Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, an A. E. F. veteran who opposed the Bonus, boldly declared that he was ready now to shift the whole governmental aid policy to a pension basis...
Senator Watson, the Republican leader, sweated long but in vain to induce the Senate to accept President Hoover's views. He found he was dealing with politicians whose minds were riveted on the soldier vote in their States this year. Frank was his statement: "I know the Senate will not adjourn until this bill is passed and you could not drive the House out of Washington until it provides pension legislation...
...lotus-loving Governor's bodyguard, but when it was pointed out that his rifle was warm and contained a discharged cartridge, he accepted the situation philosophically enough. "I shot the Governor," he said simply, "because a man gave me money to shoot the Governor. I am a poor soldier. I needed the money...
Frenzied plaudits stirred by these words lasted 15 minutes. His Majesty then marched out through a double row of officers to lay a wreath above the Unknown Soldier...