Word: speech
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Republican National Committee, to hear a speech (see BOOMS...
...President read his guests a speech on Republican family matters. Then he read a postscript. The postscript said...
...York Life Insurance Co. attacked the "foolish philosophy of the Declaration of Independence" before the 21st annual convention of life insurance presidents in Manhattan last week. As all men would be, life insurance men and social welfare leaders were startled. They listened eagerly to the rest of his speech...
...Schwab's speech was significant because it phrased authoritatively the attitude of scientific industrial managers toward their employes. Said he: "What are these reasonable wants of employes, which they have a right to see satisfied as far as conditions of industry permit? I believe they include the payment of fair wages for efficient services; steady, uninterrupted employment; safeguarding of their lives and health; good physical working conditions; provision for them to lay up savings and to become partners in the business through stock ownership; and finally, some guarantee of financial independence...
...tributes of a last time. The American Legion saluted her. So did the Governors of the 48 states; there were letters from them all, a farewell appreciation for "a lifetime of self-sacrificing service." Mme. Schumann-Heink cried, kissed Walter Damrosch who had presented them, and made a speech: "Now I say goodbye, but that does not mean that I shall become useless. I hope still to continue to serve my country. Heretofore I have given my heart to the soldier boys, but now I must look after the girls-if they behave themselves and don't smoke...