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They were 171 strong and represented 39 States, but they did not call themselves "We, the People." They called themselves simply the Socialist Party, a party of protest including much that passes for innocent insurgence on the outskirts of the two big parties. They held the first national convention of the 1928 season, last week in a Finnish hall on the unfashionable upper end of Fifth Avenue, Manhattan...
Senator Stephens replied: "A good position has often been lost for a smaller offense than protesting the action of a superior." He reported an instance he had heard about Negroes who had been assigned to desks among white men and women. The Negroes, he said, were "all grins, and congratulated . . . on the recognition that had been given them." He further charged that white and Negro women were obliged to use the same washroom. Senator Stephens said his protest was "in the interest of decency and the welfare of Government. Whenever there has been a step toward social equality between...
...still such universal protest First Lord of the Admiralty William Clive Bridgeman shortly announced that the Admiralty had found a way to punish Rear Admiral Collard without actually court-martialing him. He has received orders, said the First Lord, which have the effect of placing him in provisional retirement upon half...
...speeches through the South. At the university town of Chapel Hill, N. C., he cried: "Senator Borah and the insurgents are all that are left of the soul of the Republican Party in Washington! Have you ever heard from Coolidge or from any member of the Cabinet any protest against the present iniquities? The entire crowd is tainted...
...resolution of respect" to which Son Tyler objected was passed in February when the Virginia House of Delegates adjourned in honor of Lincoln's Birthday. Dr. Tyler's contribution to the pamphlet of protest was a letter written by him to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. It said...