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(3 of 4) Floor Leader to succeed Mr. Longworth (as Mr. Longworth had promised if he won), a little more business was transacted and in less than an hour and a half the caucus was over. Mr. Longworth-"Nick," wearer of spats, genial, just a bit aristocratic -had advanced his...
¶ Held a special Sunday session for memorial services for the late Representative Julius Kahn of California (TIME, Dec. 29; see WOMEN). Said Finis J. Garrett, Democratic floor leader: "He will take rank among the great Jews of history and to say that is to say much."
Finis J. Garrett, Democratic Floor Leader, was quick to point out possible evils which might arise from this departure?the possibility, for example, of log-rolling between the Cabinet and some members of Congress. Said he:
All things have their endings, even scandals and congressional investigations. Last week, the Senate wrote finis on its investigations of Secretary Fall, of naval oil leases, of all that appertained thereto, filthy or clean.
At the outset, it seemed as if the plan would work as smoothly as a piston in a well-oiled cylinder. But M. Citroën had not counted upon native bullets or, if he had, he had counted upon the sky-blue soldiers of France to stop them. Turbulent...