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...Simeon D. Fess, chairman of the Republican National Committee, announced that a conspiracy was afoot to embarrass the administration through the stock market. What evidence did he cite for this belief...
...Ecology, however, is attracting into its ranks all the liberals who used to spend their wasted time agreeing with goals while opposing tactics. If Boston Edison pollutes the atmosphere, well then, picket Boston Edison and make them fess up. The problem remains, when Boston Edison reforms its smoke, who pays...
...prototype of a class of pragmatic, nondoctrinaire, problem-solving Republicans who came to the forefront after the 1964 debacle. Before television, keynote speeches were all too often incredible and interminable. Historian Mark Sullivan once called them "a combination of oratory, grand opera and hog calling." After Ohio Senator Simeon Fess's keynote at the 1928 Republican Convention, Will Rogers chortled: "Here are just a few things I bet you didn't know the Republicans were responsible for: radio, telephone, baths, automobiles, savings accounts, law enforcement, workmen living in houses and a living wage for Senators...
...Fess Parker, D.LET., star of Daniel Boone television series...
...dangers of going to college is that you learn things, and that my present actions are much influenced by my Contemporary Civilization C1001 readings. After sealing the letter I realize that my conception of the philosophy of law comes not so much from Rousseau as from Fess Parker as Davy Crockett. I remember his saying that you should decide what you think is right and then go ahead and do it. Walt Disney really bagged that one; the old fascist inadvertently created a whole generation of radicals...