Word: bertrand
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Tired, discouraged, worried about health and money, Bertrand Snell, 67, Republican leader in the House, announced that after 24 years he would quit Congress, go back to his bank, insurance company and pump plant in northwestern New York...
...Republican Representatives left their seats and stalked huffily out of the chamber until only Minority Leader Bertrand Snell and Mr. Jenks remained. Then Mr. Jenks jumped up from the place he had occupied for 17 months, walked down front, shook hands with Speaker Bankhead, strode out of the House to loud Democratic applause. He will keep the $14,361.11 salary he has collected plus $8,046.12 expenses. Mr. Roy was to get another $14,361.11 for services he was unable to perform, plus $5,638.89 for the balance of his term, plus $3,118.30 for expenses. Both will be paid...
...Successor to the late Joseph Robinson as Senate majority leader is (1 Samuel H. Reyburn, 2 Henrik Shipstead, 3 Bertrand H. Snell, 4 Robert M. La Follette Jr. 5 Alben W Barkley...
...Republican floor leader of the House, New York's Bertrand H. Snell, has the duty of taking cracks at the majority, but he was in better form last week than usual when he came to summarize the highlights of the session. He listed: 1) the President's fishing trip, 2) Vice President Garner's hunting trip in Pennsylvania and 3) a Congressional eating contest, to decide the relative merits of Maine and Idaho potatoes...
...attempt to coax the Wages & Hours Bill out of the Rules Committee where it has reposed since last August with a petition to discharge the Rules Committee. When Majority Leader Sam Rayburn announced that he had signed the petition, urged his confreres to do likewise, Republican Leader Bertrand Snell was inspired to a dour comment. Said...