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...MacCracken was arrested for contempt of Senator Black's Committee before which he had appeared as a balky witness two days prior. In 1926, Mr. MacCracken, a specialist on aviation law, took up his post as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics under Secretary Hoover. In October 1929, he tendered President Hoover his resignation, stayed on in Washington as a lawyer-lobbyist for nearly all the larger air transport companies. From witnesses called during the previous three weeks Senator Black had learned that in May 1930 there had been a meeting of big air line operators in the Post...
...followed his arrest. At Mr. Black's request the Senate cited Col. Brittin (who had destroyed his papers), Mr. Givvin (who returned papers said to be the same as those taken) and his boss Harris Hanshue to appear and show cause why they should not be held in contempt of the Senate. Trusting Mr. MacCracken no more the Committee seized all the papers in his office...
...ever give up your contempt for Harvard 'babies'; but when the rattles start sounding from Arizona, Montana, Texas, Florida, and other parts of the country, think of us Harvard 'babies'," said Alvin M. Josephy '36, in a letter he sent yesterday afternoon to United States Senator Huey P. Long. This was the first shot in a nation-wide campaign to unseat the gentleman from Louisiana. A small group of students met yesterday to form a plan of attack, and as a result, a letter was sent to 100 American universities. Liberal-minded students were urged to sent "letters or telegrams...
...storm had made the Bowl a lake, drained just in time for the game by three fire engines pumping all night. Even with a soggy field and wet ball as equalizing factors, Stanford started a 2½-to-1 favorite. Pacific Coast fans had been loud in their contempt of Columbia, derisive of Stanford for ever inviting Columbia to play. Easterners who conceded Columbia a chance were regarded as provincials whose enthusiasm had blinded their judgment. One who was not bothered by such talk was Louis Little, the big-framed, booming-voiced coach who in four years at Columbia...
...suckle. Next to Prohibition, he detested the machine age, refused to use a telephone or ride in an automobile. His favorite vehicle was a coach, originally built for President James Monroe, which he bought in 1870. Sometimes he would hitch it to a team of oxen, to emphasize his contempt for motors...