Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Naturally, I am sorry," said Nominee Smith. ... "... My greatest regret comes from one of the reasons advanced, because it compels me to question his sincerity. In 1924 . . . Senator Owen called to see me at the Manhattan Club and asked me to use my influence to secure for him the support of the Tammany delegation and stated that, with that support, he felt he could get considerable delegates from other States for himself as a candidate for the nomination for President. . . ." This reply did not dim the joy of Senator George Moses, the Hooverizer beside whose desk Mr. Owen was standing...
...Wall Street. The secretary of this committee, one Robert Athey, last week announced that 150,000 return postcards had been sent to voters. The cards bear a pledge to "vote against Congressmen who vote dry and drink wet and all those Congressmen who have received money or political support from the Anti-Saloon League, the W. C. T. U. or bootleggers, so there will be a liberal majority in the next Congress to help
...declared that he was acting by advice of Prime Minister Mohamed Mahmud Pasha. London correspondents even learned at the British Foreign Office that officials were "surprised" by the developments in Egypt. The transparent facts of the case appear when it is recalled that Prime Minister Mahmud Pasha commands the support of exactly 28 Deputies in the Egyptian Chamber of 210-that is to say he does not represent the country at all. The previous Prime Minister, Mustafa iNahas Pasha, recently and curtly dismissed by King Fuad, retains the support of 170 Deputies. Last week the members of his party...
Grim, resolute, Monsignor Ladeuze ordered a new balustrade of which about half was rushed into place last week. The expense was understood to have been borne by Rector Ladeuze personally, though his moral support is from U. S. groups headed by President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University and having the blessing of Candidate Hoover...
...bank reserve means a potential $13 of credit. In four years, the U. S. in this way alone added $6,500,000,000 to its credit resources. It could finance a building boom, a Florida boom, vast instalment selling, new highways, new factories. It had enough credit to support a continuous bull market, with stocks soaring week by week. Through the twelve Federal Reserve banks, together with their member banks, it could lend money to brokers at 3½ or 4%, swelling the credit available for speculation. Money was easy. Times were good for the traders...