Word: spokesman
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...taxicab spokesman replied that 17,000 was only 2% of the total vehicle registration in New York City, that New Yorkers want and need cabs at all hours. The Times, without warning, waxed humorous, and said: "Mr. McAdoo may be pardoned the slight hyperbole. It has been scientifically demonstrated that the average load of a taxicab in these parts is .83 of a passenger. Private automobiles offend to a somewhat less degree, averaging 1.7 passengers and just a trace of dog -generally...
There remained a further source of information. Washington correspondents, attending one of the bi-weekly White House conferences, submitted their usual sheaf of written questions, most of them devoted to the O'Shea statement. Going through the bundle of queries, the successor to the White House Spokesman* answered one concerning the appointment of certain judges, one concerning the progress of flood relief, one concerning a treaty with Panama which settled the matter of competition between Panama merchants and U. S. Government stores in the Canal strip. He then bade the correspondents farewell...
...Since the passing of the Spokesman (TIME, May 9) correspondents have reported conferences under such headings as "It was said at the White House," "It was reported at the White House," "It was emphasized at the White House," "The information vouchsafed was that...
Last week, for the first time in many a month, the "Spokesman" received no mention in conference reports. Though laymen failed to note his demise, Democratic editors and politicians cheered his death, danced on his grave. Said the New York Times: "President Coolidge ... did well to get rid of him." Said the New York World: "The deceased lived a short life but a merry one." Said Senator Norris of Nebraska, nominal Republican: "The Bolsheviks got him." Three months ago Senator Reed of Missouri had said: "Let us have done with this sham...
Existing as a man of straw, the Spokesman's usefulness ceased when the flesh-and-blood man behind him became too plainly visible. In his place is predicted the revival of old, vague phrases: "It is understood at the White House today. . ." "The Administration attitude is. . ." "Someone close to the President said...