Word: governor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...called for some original Democratic thinking, and Hubert Humphrey (who has never delivered on the new farm program he promised at the last session of Congress) predicted that the Benson wheat program would bring "lower prices and the largest crop in the history of the world." Iowa's Governor Herschel Loveless, vice-presidential hopeful recently picked to be a farm expert by the Democratic Advisory Council, worked away in Des Moines on a Brannan-style farm plan that will call for direct production payments to farmers and tightened controls...
Asked if he planned to visit Harvard during his campaign, Rockefeller retorted, "Which campaign?" He said that President Eisenhower was considering several individuals as possible GOP nominees. "I have been on a list," the Governor stated...
...Students for Rockefeller Rally and luncheon will take place in Providence today to endorse New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller as a Presidential candidates. Students from Harvard College and the Law School, Brown, Pembroke, and Wheaton will attend. The rally is open to all interested...
...Governor Robert B. Meyner of New Jersey visited Cambridge yesterday with his pretty wife and a prepared speech. Addressing the Harvard Democratic Leadership Forum, he struck at the large measure of abdication of regulatory authority by the so-called big six Federal commissions--FTC, FCC, FPC, FAA, SEC, and ICC. The Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission were singled out for particular opprobrium because of the current television quiz show scandals...
...maintained, but "in putting to work what laws and regulations we have." He pointed out that Federal agencies are now belatedly investigating TV activities. "Now that the horse has been stolen, the Administration is rushing in from all directions to close the barn door." He mentioned that "as Governor I know that the public expects me to be on top of the play, every day and every minute...