Word: spokesman
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...surprise to Mr. Davis. The Federation had labelled Davis as "unacceptable" and had let it go at that. The Federation, to make it clear that it was not playing favorites between Republicans and Democrats, had attacked General Dawes for his "consistent anti-union activity." Said the organization, through its spokesman (not Mr. Gompers but its Vice President, Matthew Woll*) : "General Dawes has said that Samuel Gompers and other Trade Union officials are more concerned about the right of Union men to assault and murder peaceful citizens than about upholding the law of the land. No one has made a more...
...spokesman for the Japanese guests said to Americans present: "The demonstration had not been intended as an affront to the Americans, but was intended to shame the Japanese present, who were associating with Americans 'in this time of national danger...
Debaters. Feeling in Congress ran high over the measure. Representative Burton,* of Ohio, was the only Administration spokesman to denounce the Japanese exclusion feature of the bill. Representatives Dickstein, Jacobstein, La Guardia, Sabath and Rosenbloom - whose names are indicative of their disinterestedness - made desperate last-minute efforts to amend the measure to modify the quota basis so as to favor the Italian, Jewish and eastern European stocks. The debate ended with winged words from Representative Tincher of Kansas: "The issue" is fairly well drawn. On the one side- is beer, Bolshevism, unassimiating settlements, and many flags. On the other side...
...Throughout Xenophon's Anabasis, one Chirisophus habitually functions as spokesman...
...Martin, in his leading editorial, strikes the note of humility and detachment characteristic of his group. The Lampoon must be sacred to youth, he asserts. Only when the fathers are in need of instruction should they visit their sons on Mt. Auburn St. Following the lead of their spokesman, then, the graduates have been more than willing to let youth be served...