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...snorted abusively that the Pittsburgh patrician's course had been dictated by the Philadelphia politician, that Secretary Mellon had been timid and vacillating, that his control of Pennsylvania was a myth, that Boss Vare was Boss indeed and that Hooverism had Boss Vare to thank for its deciding boost. As added evidence of the supremacy of Vare over Mellon, observers recalled that President William Wallace Atterbury of the Pennsylvania R. R., a Vare familiar, had been made National Committeeman from Pennsylvania instead of Senator Reed, the obedient Mellon man. For explanation of Vare animus toward Secretary Mellon...
...called together representatives of 50 improvement organizations and business clubs, explained to them his plan of a big-improvement -parade -every -other -week until Christmas. Said he: "Holding parades is the only way we can attract the attention of the public to what we are doing. The papers never boost us; they always...
...every knock is a boost, keep on knocking until you have knocked his hood down over his shoulders...
Every knock is a boost-keep it up, but you can discontinue my subscription to TIME...
Lord Askwith's object was, of course, to boost the price of tin by suggesting that it might soon be as rare as gold. But London tin dealers were deaf to Lord Askwith. They put down the price of tin by nearly $11 per ton and in New York tin lost ⅛? per pound. Guggenheim interests and the National Lead Co., largest U. S. tin producers, have frequently warned the U. S. of a world shortage of tin by 1940. U. S. prices, however, over the last four months have gone down to 50? a pound from 65?. British...