Word: speech
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...chief is the permanent agency for that "good will," "co-operation," "understanding" etc., etc. which the periodic Pan-American Congresses celebrate in top hats and cutaways (see p. 13). If asked to state reasons for the President of the U. S. signalizing the 1928 Congress by a visit and speech, Dr. Rowe might have explained in effect as follows...
...House of Representatives, arrived at Boston. The Navy had given him a ride around Cape Cod from New London, Conn., in the S-8 which made a dive on the way. Major La Guardia, gallant aviator, had never before sailed in a submarine. Said he: "I tore up a speech I had all ready to deliver in Congress. I have found it seems much easier to navigate a submarine from the office building of the House of Representatives than from the conning tower of a submarine." He returned to Congress, his cudgel up for the Navy...
Five days later, without for a moment stepping out of his role as Governor, Alfred Emanuel Smith addressed the U. S. electorate. Formally, he was addressing only the New York Legislature. But he well knew others were listening. He called his speech "the eighth and last annual message I shall present to your Honorable , Bodies." He made it a history of government in New York State since he first governed there...
...ministers, who had congregated in Manhattan from all parts of the U. S., next visited the headquarters of the Communist party where they heard Harry W. Wicks, an editor of The Daily Worker making a speech. First he assailed preachers for their failure to take an active interest in labor problems; then he began to speak about famed clergyman John Roach Straton: "He is the most palpable ignoramus in the U. S.!" said H. W. Wycks. Then he added, "Fortunately, there are not many like him." The 40 ministers said, "Thank God for that...
...tomorrow's lecture will be, "Maintaining Physical Efficiency By Work, Play, Rest and Sleep." Mr. Fradd will bring out the importance of balancing these various factors for the most efficient functioning of the human body. Outlining the lecture to a CRIMSON reporter yesterday Mr. Fradd said that his speech would deal with various types of individuals and what con be done to remedy poor postural conditions by way of exercise...