Word: lobbyists
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Arthur Francis Mullen, 65, longtime (1916-20; 1924-33) Nebraska Democratic National Committeeman, vice-chairman of the 1932 Democratic Campaign Committee, later a lobbyist in Washington; of gastric ulcers; in Omaha...
...Each U. S. Territory has a Delegate to Congress (or Resident Commissioner in Washington), who sits in the House of Representatives, has the right to speak, not vote, and acts in practice as a sort of official lobbyist...
...years ago, went to work after high school as a fireman for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R. Nineteen years later he had risen to be a conductor, got into the Wisconsin Legislature with the support of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Next he acted as the Brotherhood's lobbyist in Madison, Wis. Then in 1930 he went to Congress as a Republican...
...duration of the contracts) is now accepted in all N. M. U. agreements. But in settling basic issues like wages, hours and working conditions, the union wants free and untrammeled negotiation. Therefore, to the council, restrictive legislation is a device of the shipowners, and Mr. Kennedy is their "staunch lobbyist...
Although the Society for Freedom in Teaching, powerful lobbyist last year, has no aspirant picked for the governorship, the professor said that it was the intention of the group "to put each candidate on the spot...