Word: upton
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Angeles, Oct. 29--Apprised of a rumor today that Post-Master James A. Farley had drafted J. T. f. O'Connor, Comptroller of the Currency, to seek Upton Sinclair's withdrawal from the California gubernatorial race, Sinclair and he had no intention of quitting
Sirs: Your three pages on Upton Sinclair in TIME, Oct. 22 are a delight. Sinclair is a mixed character: lovable, sincere, honest, intensely courageous, and, like all radicals, not always well-balanced. Immediately after the publication of The Jungle I wrote him a letter of appreciation and in his reply he dubbed me brother-an unexpected family affiliation of which I have always felt proud and a little embarrassed. Whether he is elected or defeated, I shall always remain fraternally his. EDWIN...
...nation was given further evidence last week of the intensity of the California gubernatorial campaign between Republican Acting Governor Frank Merriam and EPICandidate Upton Sinclair when California's Secretary of State announced the final registration figure: 3,140,114. Never before had so many Californians made themselves eligible to vote. In Los Angeles County alone, 1,305,527 persons had gone through the Nov. 6 preliminaries...
...directly on to talk about charity and ethics, while we wait patiently but in vain for an exposition of the two sides. But by that time we have forgotten, too. However, it is an excellent example of his logic. Reading on: "Not even Franklin Roosevelt or Herbert Hoover or Upton Sinclair or Commander Hayes of the American Legion can hope to supply a cure for our troubles and still cling to the methods of a hundred and fifty years ago!" And I might add Jesse James. But this is utterly meaningless, a mere hodge-podge of names and inconsistencies, mere...
...nostalgia of those three associations for those good old days. Of course the people of their ilk might step in and take control; but that would be fascism or something like it and not very close to the days of 1789. Not even Franklin Roosevelt or Herbert Hooever or Upton Sinclair or Commander Hayes of the American Legion can hope to supply a cure for our troubles and still cling to the methods of a hundred and fifty years ago. The most alarming thing is that in spite of the efforts of the last two years we are really...