Word: speaker
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first time. It fared less well thereafter, for it was consistently kept out of the House by the Banking and Currency Committee. In spite of the efforts of Senator Tobey in the emergency summer session, the House blockade remained unbroken; Jesse Wolcott, Chairman of the House Banking Committee, Speaker Martin, Majority Leader Halleck, and Chairman Allen of the Rules Committee absolutely refused to allow its consideration...
...just a ten-minute talk at a Rutgers convocation, but long enough for the speaker, Philosopher Houston Peterson, to peddle a provocative thought. Why didn't everyone at Rutgers read one good book a year-the same good book? Added Peterson: "On a university campus, we ought to have more to talk about than football, girls and the Russians...
Tonight at Hillel House, guest speaker Elihu S. Stone will report on the work of the World Zionist Action Committee...
Friedman, the judges said, was the most convincing individual speaker...
...speaker attributed prevalent materialism to the pioneer spirit in American life. Harvard men were not the only ones to be singled out for attack...