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...Reduce by One-Third." In Washington an hour-and-a-quarter earlier. President Hoover had read his program with fire and fervor to a small group of correspondents specially called to the White House at 9:15 a. m. (see p. 9). Rarely has Mr. Hoover read with so much heart in his voice...
...lift its high head over Manhattan. But when the 1930 Congressional elections came, Al Smith like an old warhorse, sniffed the smoke of battle. Massachusetts Democrats wanted him to help elect Marcus Allen Coolidge to the Senate. He went to Boston and received an ovation that for noise and fervor equaled his 1928 welcomes. Democrat Coolidge was elected over Calvin Coolidge's Republican candidate. The Brown Derby still had plenty of friends...
...parts of Ireland without resistance, in exchange for parts to remain unmolested, where Irish culture, Irish religion can be preserved. To matter-of-fact Brigid this is nothing but schoolgirl's talk; but Catherine, with her saint's face, wakens a kind of fanaticism in Allen-her fervor makes her ideas seem feasible and right...
...midst of a febrile and, in a large part, inane fervor for organizing and expressing student undergraduate political opinion, a new proposal now appears on the horizon, which gives promise of being intelligently constructive and therefore successful. According to preliminary plans, the group will deviate widely from the accepted precepts of independent student associations. Advocating an age old truth that concentration alone leads to thorough understanding, the Harvard Inquiry will organize its discussions each year around the most pressing topic of that time. This year, the basic economic reorganization necessitated by the depression will be studied; it is hoped that...
...During the House debate, proponents of the Sales Tax did their best in its defense. But their words lacked fervor and conviction. They explained how, broadening the Federal tax base, it bore on all equally, how it did not discriminate like an excise tax among industries, how it could be easily collected and. above all, how it would bring in enough money to balance the Budget. They also argued that the tax would be absorbed by competing manufacturers and middlemen, would not be actually felt by consumers...