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Fact No. 2. Democratic Senator William Henry King of Utah, foe of high dye and chemical duties, received campaign contributions from Herman A. Metz, potent Manhattan dye importer, President of General Dyestuffs Corp. According to Samuel Russell, Senator King's longtime secretary and adviser, Mr. Metz sent to the 1922 King campaign in Utah $1,000 in cash, and forwarded to the Senator himself a $1,000 check for his 1928 campaign for reelection. Senator King denied knowledge of the cash contribution, claimed he had torn up the Metz check in 1928. Despite his general denials to newsmen, Senator...
...Regular Republicans did not want La Follette on their committee was plain. The Finance Committee is com posed of eleven Republicans and eight Democrats. Among the Republicans is Michigan's Couzens, prime foe of Secretary Mellon. If Senator La Follette and Couzens join with Democrat members in opposing the Administration's fiscal poli cies, which is altogether likely, the Regular Republican majority will be overthrown by one vote. Well aware of this fact were the Insurgent Republicans in urging Sena tor La Follette for the Committee...
When her nomination reached the Senate, Miss Matthews's experience in and connection with the Treasury were paradoxically the very things that militated against her immediate confirmation. Confirming her once, the Senate withdrew its approval for further consideration after Senator Couzens, Treasury foe, unearthed a Senate resolution barring appointments directly from the Bureau of Internal Revenue to the tax board lest the board be packed with Treasury appointees...
Although facing a foe which outweighed them, the Harvard players were effective more than once in riding-off at critical moments. Considering that these men had not played together much, the team showed up well...