Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...LaFollette group had talked of carrying five to nine states. They had the support of the Socialist Party, which normally polls from one-half to one million votes; the endorsement of the American Federation of Labor with some three million members; and an endorsement from the Steuben Society, which promised the support of 6,000,000 German-Americans. It had the support of the Non-Partisan League of North Dakota, of the Farmer-Laborites and of the "discontented" farmers who had elected insurgent Republicans. Its paper strength was around twelve millions. Actually it was between four and five millions. Compared...
...natural that the President should desire to see as firm and faithful a supporter as Mr. Gillett as his spokesman in the Upper House. So Mr. Gillett announced his intention to contest the seat of Massachusetts Democratic Senator, David I. Walsh. The contest with Mr. Walsh was no little matter, for the latter had entrenched himself with Wet support, with support of foreign born voters (by opposing the passage of the new Immigration Law), with support of War veterans (whose measures he had favored). Against this, Mr. Gillett had his own record as a competent presiding officer, with a keen...
Since Mr. Brookhart was openly friendly with Mr. LaFollette and had his support, it is a fair guess that the 260,000 people who voted for LaFollette also voted for Brookhart. In that case, it follows that some 329,000 people who voted for Coolidge must have been at pains not to vote for Mr. Brookhart...
Said a noted Rabbi: "The six years following the War have not been six years of peace, but six years of a truce, during which the nations of the earth have been building new war machines." The Rabbi believed the U. S. had "grievously erred" in not lending support to "the one effort to build a machine of peace...
...will be Coolidge in the Senate, and Mr. Butler's views will be accepted as those of the President. Senator Butler is inherently not a negative figure, and his added position of spokesman for the Administration should make him a power in the Senate and a power for the support of the President. All in all the incident seems but another example of Coolidge luck...