Word: harrison
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...White House comes either Mississippi's Senator Pat Harrison or North Carolina's Bob Doughton, fresh from a lunch with Franklin Roosevelt. (Sometimes they come out together, but this is usually considered bad stagecraft...
Pausing thoughtfully on the steps, Mr. Harrison sucks heavily on his frankfurter-sized cigar-or Mr. Doughton fiddles with his broad-brimmed sombrero-and says in effect: Revenues are pouring into the Treasury in a way that gladdens our hearts. No tax increases will be necessary...
...takes place on Capitol Hill, in two scenes: 1) in Mr. Doughton's Ways & Means Committee, where a new tax bill is drafted; 2) in Mr. Harrison's Finance Committee, where it is polished up. Act III takes place at the nearest Internal Revenue Bureau office, with citizens waiting in long lines to pay increased taxes...
Those who were finally elected from the forty-one candidates starting in the competition are Robert G. Axtell of Helworthy Hall: John M. Bullitt, of Matthews Hall: Evan Calkins of Holworthy Hall: Maxwell Kaufer, of Grays Hall: Norman Meyer, of Waltham; William W. Piuney, of Apley Court: F. Harrison Poole, of grays Hall: William McNKand, Jr., of Grays Hall: John E. Sawhill of Weld Hall, and Robert F. Sherwood, of Wiggisworth Hall...
Under pressure, Mapmaker Harrison often works all night, relaxes by playing Bach, Mozart and swing music on the Monograph beside his drafting board. His ambition: some day to make a U. S. atlas that satisfies himself...