Word: nexus
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...sought to question him on his 1930 vote. Another charge against Commissioner McNinch-which he loudly denied-was that he had covert connections with the Duke power interests and from them secured political funds, still unaccounted for, with which to combat the Brown Derby. Because of the power-&-politics nexus, all five Commissioners were ordered to appear this week before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee to undergo a grilling. One prime question to be asked each appointee: Did he favor retaining Frank E. Bonner as executive secretary of the Commission? Secretary Bonner was accused of favoring private power companies...
Part of the plan of the Guggenheim Fund was to place its benefactions strategically throughout the land. This grant completes this objective, forms the southern nexus of an educational work...