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The callers are all more or less agitated over the situation in Congress . The President's message went to Congress . “ He expects abuse for his efforts for a peaceful settlement of the Cuban situation ; but , when his policy and acts ...
The callers are all more or less agitated over the situation in Congress . The President's message went to Congress . “ He expects abuse for his efforts for a peaceful settlement of the Cuban situation ; but , when his policy and acts ...
Page 87
In Congress , the legislative program had been a heavy one . Hawaii had been annexed and given a territorial form of government , and we had valuable Pearl Harbor . No action had been taken on the Philippines or Cuba , but that could ...
In Congress , the legislative program had been a heavy one . Hawaii had been annexed and given a territorial form of government , and we had valuable Pearl Harbor . No action had been taken on the Philippines or Cuba , but that could ...
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a On March 4 , 1927 , the session of Congress which completed Dawes ' first two years in office came to an end . The Senate was tied up once again in a dreary filibuster , in which a minority was trying to seat Senator - Elect William ...
a On March 4 , 1927 , the session of Congress which completed Dawes ' first two years in office came to an end . The Senate was tied up once again in a dreary filibuster , in which a minority was trying to seat Senator - Elect William ...
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| Title | Portrait of an American: Charles G. Dawes Portrait of an American: Charles G. Dawes, Bascom Nolly Timmons |
| Author | Bascom Nolly Timmons |
| Publisher | Holt, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 344 pages |
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