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Republican members of the 72nd House of Representatives met last week in what began as a caucus and ended as a conference.* Their purpose was to arrange for party organization of the next House in which, at most, they have a paper-thin majority of two votes. From the meeting 18 Republicans, including five regulars from Kansas, deliberately absented themselves. Despite these defects which left it a House minority, the G. 0. P. renominated Nicholas Longworth of Ohio to be Speaker and John Quillin Tilson of Connecticut to be Majority Leader...
Emerging from a Democratic caucus, Senator Robinson-who was such an avowed Administration cooperator in December that his followers accused him of "going White House"-defiantly flung his party's challenge. He announced that he had no other choice than to tack his relief amendment onto all subsequent supply bills, unless Congress would immediately vote $50,500,000 worth of relief legislation, plus 20,000,000 bu. of Farm Board wheat to feed the hungry. Senator Robinson listed his requirements as follows...
...fight for included: 1) elimination of the "gag" rule which cuts off debate and bars floor amendments on controversial legislation; 2) power to "discharge" a committee and bring a bill to the House floor on petition of 100 members, instead of, as now, 218 members. A Republican House caucus late next month will thresh out the rules issue and renominate Congressman Longworth for the Speakership. provided Representatives whose wives feel that Mrs. Longworth has snubbed them do not have their...
Both Wets and Drys were satisfied with the new denaturant. Said the Dry Caucus assembled at Washington (see p. 9): "Prohibition carries no mandate to drink and, therefore, if the new denaturant has all the effects of a sea voyage, it is taken at the option of the drinkers...
...London next morning Australia's Scullin admitted "the position is serious," but stoutly denied that his Government would ever embark on a policy of repudiation. He seemed ready to defy, if necessary, his party's will as expressed by the caucus...