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...tomblike magnificence of the Senate's marble caucus room, the Judiciary Committee played to a full house. Although Chairman Ashurst permitted no smoking, the atmosphere was stuffy with the breath of inquisitive citizens, 300 at a time, packed in their half of the chamber, unable to see over one another's heads, but catching what they could from the cackling of the loudspeakers up among the marble pillars...
...Party ticket, and his colleague from North Dakota, Usher Burdick, committee places as Republicans but deprived them of seniority. One Republican explained the reason to Mr. Burdick: When the Republicans return to power they do not want "a Bolshevik for chairman of a committee." Cried Mr. Burdick to the caucus: "Gentlemen, the Bolsheviks of the type you mention will man every committee of this Congress long before the Republican party is returned to power under your leadership." Stormed Mr. Lemke: "I'm not begging anything from the damned reactionary Republicans." ¶ Speaker Bankhead, Majority Leader Rayburn, Majority Whip...
Most important political event in the U. S. since the election of Nov. 3 took place last week at a private luncheon and caucus of 24 of Pennsylvania's 27 Democratic Congressmen in Washington's Hotel Mayflower. Host was Pennsylvania's Senator Joseph F. Guffey. Newshawks hovering about the doors of the suite waited for someone to break the news of what had happened. First to emerge was Representative J. Burrwood Daly of Philadelphia. He cut questioners short...
...Cheney of New Hampshire and James Irwin, stanch pluggers for Colonel William Franklin Knox. Right after breakfast they set out to see what last-minute hope there might be for their man. Their reward was a 74-to-1 vote for Knox at the Pennsylvania delegation's morning caucus. That made the Vandenberg acclamation impossible. The rest was easy. At the Convention, Governor Bridges nominated Colonel Knox, Chairman Snell read the Vandenberg message, and the acclaim fixed for the latter went to the former...
After a week-end caucus it was as clear as anything ever is in French politics that Socialist Blum would head the incoming Popular Front Government. In a speech to his followers which sounded not unlike President Roosevelt's inaugural in 1933, he declared: "In a battle like the one in front of us now a chief is needed. He must have full power. . . . Let us be wise, but let us be bold." As to financial crisis, M. Blum declared: "It is not so serious as war, unemployment or misery." And he referred to devaluation as something "to which...