Word: spotlight
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Institute on the subject, "The Economic Problems of Socialism, and of a Planned Economy." At a time when economic issues hold the center of the stage, there could be few questions of more importance to the general public. The depression has thrown the American economic structure into the spotlight of criticism, and people are now beginning to wonder if there are not fundamental defects in the system. At such a time, and with the people in such a mood, it is essential that the public be clear in its mind as to all the issues involved...
...magazines founded on Public Discontent have cropped up in the past year. One called Brass Tacks is four months old. Another. National Spotlight, edited by muckraking Walter William Liggett, vanished after a single appearance. This week came another, a 15? fortnightly on pulp stock named Common Sense, in which Writer Liggett again was the most conspicuous contributor. But Common Sense was distinguished by other characteristics. Its founders and chief editors are 27-year-old Alfred Mitchell Bingham, Yale law graduate, son of Republican Senator-reject Hiram Bingham of Connecticut; Selden Rodman, founder and former editor of The Harkness Hoot, literate...
...Roosevelt friend, he accompanied the Democratic nominee this fall on his campaign travels as chief factfinder and statistician. The Press glibly called him the head of the Roosevelt "brain trust." He compiled data from which Governor Roosevelt composed his speeches, supplied technical advice, kept modestly out of the spotlight. Last week Professor Moley boned up on War Debts before accompanying the President-elect to the White House. Before the 31st and 32nd Presidents was this international situation: Britain. France, Belgium and Czechoslovakia had formally asked the U. S. to suspend $118,436,438 in debt payments...
...from the wings of European diplomacy into Geneva's spotlight last week strolled that drawling Democrat from Tennessee, Norman H. Davis. A fairly large section of the European Press predicts that Mr. Davis is the next U. S. Secretary of State. Last week, however, he took the spotlight to speak for the man who made his comeback possible, Herbert Hoover...
...Howe is credited with digging up the "Happy Warrior" phrase with which Mr. Roosevelt twice nominated Al Smith. He handles the Governor's private mail, private business, private house in Manhattan. During the pre-convention campaign he was the "inside man," while Jim Farley was working in the spotlight. It was straight to Col. Howe the McAdoo men went at the Chicago convention when they were ready to dicker on a shift from Garner to Roosevelt...