Word: supporting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...after the Mormon Church whispered its support in John Hamilton's ear [TIME, Aug. 17 1, I assume we will soon hear the Republican slogan: "Two wives in every kitchenette...
...people have been free to develop their own lives as they saw fit. ... They have been encouraged to start any honest enterprise that would enable them to support their families, give the public the goods and services it wanted and make jobs for themselves and others. . . . Now I take it that we Americans lived that way because we wanted to live that way. We still like it better than any other way. We know there are wrongs to right. Only the misguided will claim that this system is perfect. . . . The record proves, however, that our system gives the most personal...
...shall be content to stand aside." Back in Detroit last week, rich and radical Senator Couzens seemed to cut his own Republican throat when he declared: "Believing as I do that the most important matter confronting the nation is the re-election of President Roosevelt, I intend to support him. The outcome of my own candidacy is neither important to the nation nor me, but I do believe it is important that my many loyal supporters in Michigan be advised in advance of the primary. The reasons for this conclusion will be advanced from time to time between...
Last June the American Newspaper Guild officially became a Labor union by voting to join the American Federation of Labor. Guildmen hoped this step would enlist the active support of newspaper mechanical departments, other unionized groups, in their next strike. Last week in Seattle, for the first time since its birth in 1933, the newsmen's organization succeeded in closing down a major newspaper with a strike. That the suspended paper, the Post-Intelligencer, was the property of the Guild's No. 1 enemy, William Randolph Hearst, made the Seattle strike a notable milestone in the Guild...
...June 1928, while visiting in Italy, "A. P." Giannini was reported to have a paralytic stroke. San Francisco rumor had him dead and Bancitaly stock dropped 100 points in three weeks. His frightened right-hand man, Leo Belden, hastily obtained the support of Manhattan bankers at a stiff price. By the time Giannini somewhat recovered, reappeared in Manhattan, he was obliged to put a bold face on his troubles by announcing that he had picked Elisha Walker, head of the old, eminent and sage private banking house of Blair & Co. as his successor. Year later Giannini retired, making Mr. Walker...