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...soothe legionaries who were among the B. E. F., President Hoover said: "I wish to state emphatically that the extraordinary proportion of criminal, Communist and non-veteran elements amongst the marchers should not be taken to reflect upon the many thousands of honest, law-abiding men who came to Washington with full right of presentation of their views to Congress. This better element acted at all times to restrain crime and violence, but after the adjournment of Congress a large portion of them returned to their homes and gradually these better elements lost control...
...know-but I -my understanding was-in view-there were no questions asked. If I'd never heard of it again, it would have been all right-I mean there was-er-er-no definite agreement. "We are in it," was one of those things amongst gentlemen. . . . Another matter that caused Mayor Walker embarrassment was the $10,000 letter of credit he and his friends got for a European junket in 1927. Governor Roosevelt: You had an overdraft in Paris for $3,000 drawn by you on the Equitable Trust Co.? Mayor Walker: It was really a draft...
...part of the body, including the head. How he was able to stand the heavy blows without losing consciousness I do not know, though he attempted to ward off the blows with his bare arms, but with little effect. Eventually he was able to escape and made his way amongst the crowd...
...Japan the Government of the Old Fox is so widely discredited as corrupt and reactionary that as recently as fortnight ago Japanese capitalists in Manhattan and Tokyo were laying election bets amongst themselves at odds of three to two against the Old Fox. But once more he outsmarted everyone...
...bring this great parade to life. One of these alone was a humorous playwright given to stagy lines. The other was a composer of ephemeral gaslit songs and pious cantatas. Brought together, each struck fire from the other and made musical fun that is still bright amongst the cocktails...