Word: tafts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Cardinals, thrice mentioned for the Papacy (at the conclaves which elected Pius X in 1903, Benedict XV in 1914, Pius XI in 1922); Papal legate to Eucharistic Congresses at London in 1908, at Montreal in 1910 (after which he toured the U. S., was the guest of President Taft); on many occasions a Papal representative, envoy, nuncio, or internuncio (among them: coronation of Tsar Alexander III of Russia in 1881, at Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee); great & good friend of the U. S. (said he: "America is a dollar nation, but it is not dollar-mad? it is the future...
Manufacturers of foodstuffs fought him bitterly. As chief U. S. chemist he fought with every bludgeon and ruse he could for the passage of Federal pure food laws. In 1906 Congress passed such laws. In the administrations of Presidents Roosevelt and Taft the opposition became climactic. Both Presidents sustained Dr. Wiley. He resigned in 1912, after downing hecklers...
...Appointed Minister to China by President Taft in 1909 he was recalled because of a statement of his policies made at Presidential, request from the U. S. He became a Democrat and in 1920 President Wilson again and without recall appointed him to the post...
...Passed a bill granting free postal service to Helen H. Taft, relict of Chief Justice William Howard Taft...
...uppermost in many a listener's mind stayed the thought that Cincinnati might not long have its summer Zoo performances. Manager Charles G. Miller sounded the warning before the season began. The Zoo is a private venture for which the late Mrs. Mary Emery and Mrs. Charles Phelps Taft once generously provided. Now there are no outstanding self-sacrificing patrons who can compare with Chicago's Insull or Ravinia's Eckstein. Last year there was a deficit of $27,000 which might have been avoided if seats had been filled at every performance. A group of businessmen...