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...thing Congressmen were interested in: how to kill the Townsend Plan without inviting political reprisals from thousands of their constituents. Robert Doughton, 71-year-old, 6 ft. -3 in. tall Chairman of Ways & Means, did his colleagues a notable service by cross-examining Dr. Townsend in a way that made it easy for them to laugh him out of the Committee room...
...Doughton demanded, did Dr. Townsend know he had the one and only panacea for economic ills...
...Townsend sure that a 2 percent tax on all business transactions would raise $24,000,000,000 a year...
...final legislative quietus was put on the Townsend Plan when certain facts were pointed out to Southern Congressmen: if aged negro mammies and pappies drew $200 a month, none of their offspring would do a lick of work-the South would be ruined. Therefore no Southern Congressman need sign a petition to bring the Townsend Plan to the floor and if it were not brought to the floor no one need vote for it. Everyone breathed easier...
...sixth game of the indoor season will also have A. Townsend Winmill '37, at No. 2 and Captain Tommy Davis at his usual hard-riding back position. This Saturday's game is the last before the trio goes on the road for West Point where it will meet Army for its first game in the intercollegiate series...