Word: attacker
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Bureau's first survey was undertaken in Los Angeles, which was suffering from an acute attack of hardening of the traffic arteries as a result of the exceptional density of its motor vehicle population. While most cities have from four to ten persons per automobile, the ratio in Los Angeles is just a fraction over two persons per car. As might have been expected, the city also suffered from an abnormally high number of motor vehicle accidents and fatalities...
Construing this as an attack on the President, the latter's good friend, Senator Jones of Washington, author of the famed Five & Ten Law, announced: "The President believes in Prohibition as sincerely as I do. . . . The President is doing his best." Which prompted Senator Borah to thunder again. Said he: "Washing your hands with sightless soap in the presence of the President will not bring effective service...