Word: adjourns
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Shortly after 9 o'clock one evening last week President Hoover's private telephone bell rang in the White House. It was his political secretary, Walter Hughes Newton, calling from the Capitol. Mr. Newton said that the second session of the 71st Congress would adjourn in one hour or less. The President, in dinner jacket, summoned Secretary of War Hurley and together they motored to the Capitol. Such trips to "the Hill" are pure courtesy on the President's part. There is no constitutional reason for him to sign bills before adjournment...
...Republican leader, sweated long but in vain to induce the Senate to accept President Hoover's views. He found he was dealing with politicians whose minds were riveted on the soldier vote in their States this year. Frank was his statement: "I know the Senate will not adjourn until this bill is passed and you could not drive the House out of Washington until it provides pension legislation...
Again and again Mr. Churchill moved to "report progress" (i. e. to adjourn) and getting no response from the Chancellor, spat out as he reiterated his proposal: "I hope that the Honorable Gentleman will indicate that he accepts this motion if only by a grunt...
...following the present one. Dolefully Leader Watson explained that the Senate had been in continuous session for 16 months and was exhausted. He warned that at a special session the Senate was likely to walk out on the President and leave his Treaty dangling midair, either by voting to adjourn sine die or by deliberate failure to produce a quorum. To these arguments the President was adamant. He flatly refused to consider any program of postponement...
...President Hoover assured him that he would. Whereupon Senator Watson solemnly announced: "A special session now seems necessary and has been decided on." Senator Watson "hoped" Congress would "clean up" its pending legislative program?tariff, rivers & harbors development, veterans' aid, motor bus regulation?by the end of June and adjourn...