Word: spokesman
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Representative Garner, ranking Democratic member of the Ways and Means Committee, is naturally the spokesman of his group in the House. He objects to the Mellon proposal on two chief counts: 1) that it reduces surtaxes on high incomes; 2) that it does not grant to farmers and small tradesmen the benefit of a 25% reduction for "earned income," since that term is limited to "salaries, wages and professional fees...
...church in Pittsburgh, himself rich. He is also President of the Board of Directors of Princeton Theological Seminary, famous for its changeless conservatism from generation to generation. The second leader is Dr. Walter D. Buchanan, pastor of the Broadway Presbyterian Church of New York City. He is an accepted spokesman of Fundamentalism, The third is Dr. John McNeill, of Manhattan. Dr. McNeill is of less importance nationally, but is the best orator of the three, and is conspicuous because most of the prominent Presbyterian clergymen in New York are not Fundamentalists...
...message to Congress or addresses Congress in person on the second clay of the session. But this year there is reason to believe (See page 3) that Congress will not be ready to receive the President's message for one or two, perhaps several, days afterwards. The " spokesman at the White House" said that President Coolidge had not decided whether he would read his message in person or merely send the message to be read by the clerks of the two Houses. The practice of reading messages in person has been followed by only four Presidents, the two first...
...shall be passed making this triple conscription obligatory- and thereby in the future scare all classes of society out of jingoism. In pursuance of his editorial decree, the front page of the Monitor has been placarded heavily with notices of the decree, giving the opinions of people -from the "spokesman at the White House" to Jane Addams-and the rear (editorial) page been liberally posted with explications of the plan...
...Belmont, President of the Party, led the delegation, and introduced as spokesman Miss Maud Younger, Chairman of the Party's Congressional Committee. Miss Younger asked the President to support the Party's amendment, delicately hinting that he might mention the matter in his message to Congress. President Coolidge replied with a metaphorical bow and a veiled injunction that the Woman's Party had best do its own speaking to Congress...