Word: auctioneer
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...fact that a bribe had to be offered; it is the fact that the Union leaders took if, that is to be deploved. For by doing so, they have lifted strikes and their settlement out of the realms of equity, and have brought the whole question down to the auction block. In other words, it is not fair and just treatment that they are campaigning for, but the almighty dollar; and they evidently do not intend to discriminate as to their methods of obtaining...
...action by Great Britain today is misinterpreted by Hearst to suit his own ends. A dinner at which Viscount Grey and Herbert Hoover were alleged to have been present was pointed out as an example of the interference of England in American politics. The proposed auction of the interned German liners afforded a convenient pretext for illustrating how America was attempting to sacrifice her ships to swell the British naval reserve. Each of the situations alleged to exist have been shown to be entirely fictitious. On the ethical principle that an implied lie is no less a lie than...
...cherished heirloom in the Keyes family was explained to the Senate. The two addresses, in their bound form, were presented by Mr. Everett to Mrs. Hamilton Fish, in recognition of her services as president of a war relief organization during the Civil War. The volume was put up at auction in aid of war relief funds and was purchased by Carlos Peirce, an uncle of Senator Keyes. At the death of Mr. Peirce, the volume descended to Senator Keyes's mother. The valuable work is now in the possession of the Senator himself...