Word: democratism
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...Board of Trustees. Several nominations had been made, supported by various people, and speeches favoring this man or that were in progress when one of the oldest members of the Board took the floor. "Mr. Chairman." he said, "I am a Southerner, a Confederate Veteran, and a Democrat. I have voted for the last time for any man solely because he is a Southerner, a Confederate Veteran, or a Democrat. My vote on this question goes to the man whom I believe to be best qualified for the presidency of this University. That man is Professor Chase." That short speech...
Attorney General Mitchell, one Democrat who will get no job from the new President, will return to St. Paul, rejoin his law firm...
...theory that solving the Depression is not a one-man job, even for a Democratic President, Senator Pat Harrison. Mississippi Democrat, was inspired to bring every possible plan, program, proposal or panacea into sharp focus at the Capitol where Mr. Roosevelt could pick and choose the ones he liked best. To that end, Senator Harrison last month had the Senate pass his resolution authorizing the Finance Committee, of which he becomes chairman after March 4, "to make an investigation and study of the present economic problems of the U. S. with the particular object of obtaining the views of such...
...dean on record at the Law School of Indiana University. During the War he rose from captain to major in the field artillery, served as instructor in U. S. camps, met and made a Texas girl his wife. Last year Republican mudslingers prepared to fling the following heckle at Democrat McNutt...
Like many another Democrat, Alfred Emanuel Smith has a low opinion of the R. F. C. as a Depression-buster. Before a Catholic Conference on Industrial Problems in Manhattan last week he flayed its tight-fisted method of doling out small sums at high interest rates...