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...figure was William Lorimer, once known as "the Blond Boss of Chicago," whose reception with other Flood lobbyists at the White House last autumn stirred up such an indignant buzz among fastidious citizens (TIME, Nov. 21). For 12 years (1895-1901; 1903-1909), Mr. Lorimer was a U. S. Representative. Then for bribery in his election, he was as Mr. Schafer bluntly put it "kicked out of the Senate." Mr. Schafer roared that Mr. Lorimer, aside from his political disrepute, should not be privileged to come back and sit in the House during a debate on Flood Control...
...floor of the House, where he could defend himself, the aging blond boss explained that his lumber company owned only 1,000 acres in the proposed floodway; that flood waters neither harmed nor helped his timber; that he was not seeking to sell anything to the U. S., would give his thousand acres. He said he had been interested in flood control work for 30 years...
Other Socialists present were James H. Maurer, the Pennsylvania laborite; Daniel W. Hoan, Milwaukee's mayor; Joseph W. Swarts, candidate for Governor of Ohio; Norman Thomas, the blond clear-eyed ascetic-looking Manhattanite, who used to be a Christian minister, but left the pulpit for the press (The World Tomorrow, pacifist monthly). Perennially a candidate for something or other, perennially defeated, Mr. Thomas, happy champion of lost causes, was "mentioned for the Presidency" in the pre-convention gossip. So was Pennsylvania's Maurer...
Count Dalla Torre is massive, stocky, weighs perhaps 200 Ibs. and stands half a head taller than most Italians. His complexion is very fair and his hair almost blond. Withal he is of noble and ancient Venetian lineage, though he was born a Paduan. Even enemies find him affable, but few except his friends realize his extraordinary and sensitive keenness of mind...
...ambitious a bit of lobbying as was ever accomplished in Washington was effected last week by a tall, unique young man famed for his blond hair, loneliness and lack of ignoble motives. The actual lobbying, which usually consists in more or less furtive arguments by adroit advocates in the corridors and committee rooms of Congress, in this case took place at Boiling Field, far away from Capitol Hill. The lobbyist was Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh and his sole argument was an airplane. He took several score of Congressmen up for a fly. It seemed unlikely that any of them would...