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What did Boss Koenig get? Despite denials, even Republicans were sure that Tammany had been gotten to promise to withhold enough votes from Governor Roosevelt in the national election to let New York go for Herbert Hoover...
...that class of Democratic Senators who denounce the Republican policy of protection in general and then support it on local specifications. He joined the Democratic combination that log-rolled into the Revenue Bill the oil and coal duties but stood out against the copper and lumber items which were gotten in by similar methods. Into his mouth during the 1930 tariff fight Democratic Pressagent Charles Michelson put many a thunderous phrase against the Hawley-Smoot Act which today sounds hollow and insincere. He has also been active for Federal relief for the growers of dark tobacco in his State...
...office next to President Hoover's. It was Edward T. ("Ted") Clark, longtime confidential secretary to Calvin Coolidge. Unannounced, Theodore ("Ted") Joslin, the President's No. 1 secretary, had departed overnight for an indefinite vacation and Ted Clark had been called in to substitute. President Hoover could hardly have gotten a better man to help him through the ardors of the campaign...
...said to have had some 50 million lottery tickets printed in the last two years. The Government will try to prove that some $5,000,000 was collected from the sale of tickets while prize-winners got only about $225,000. The fraternal orders were supposed to have gotten back about $1,000,000 for charity purposes. The balance was split up for "expenses" and promoters' profits. District Attorney Medalie declared that the Moose and Eagles were ignorant, as organizations, of what was going on and were not responsible for their members' actions...
Such putting off was the very last thing the British and French wanted. With some coaxing Ambassador Gibson was at last gotten firmly up on the rostrum and all opposition was squelched. "My government would have preferred a resolution accepting still more definitely the details of the President's plan," said Mr. Gibson, "but the American Delegation feels the present resolution contains the maxi mum of agreement which can now be achieved...