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Into the U. S. Senate Chamber on the same day walked Mississippi's Theodore Gilmore Bilbo with a black eye and Louisiana's Huey Pierce Long with a bandaged hand. Senator Bilbo said he got the black eye in an automobile accident. Senator Long said his hand was afflicted with "athlete's foot...
...politician may blink demagogery, deception, bribery, waste, graft or outright thievery in his associates but, with sound reason, he regards ingratitude as the blackest and basest of crimes. Last week Mississippi's Theodore Gilmore ("The Man") Bilbo made his first real news as a U. S. Senator when he opened fire on a fellow-Mississippian as a double-dyed political ingrate...
Eugene Octave Sykes belongs to one of the few aristocratic Mississippi families which, curiously, has always added its support to the "redneck" Bilbo following. When he was Mississippi's Governor in 1916, The Man Bilbo appointed Eugene Sykes a justice of the State Supreme Court, successfully supported him for election when his appointive term expired. Going into eclipse with his patron, Judge Sykes was rescued therefrom in 1927 by Mississippi's Senator Hubert Durrett Stephens, who got him an appointment to the Federal Radio Commission. When the Radio Commission became the Communications Commission last June, Judge Sykes...
Considerably gentled has been Senator Bilbo since he arrived in Washington. Under Senator Pat Harrison's patronage he has been named the ranking new member of every committee he wanted-Agriculture & Forestry, Commerce, District of Columbia, Library. Since Senator Harrison is a friend of Chairman Sykes it was doubtful if Senator Bilbo's vindictiveness would accomplish its purpose. Nevertheless, The Man Bilbo began to make good on his campaign vow last week when he addressed a letter to the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, urging that Judge Sykes's appointment as Communications Commissioner be denied confirmation. Some Bilboisms...
...fire-eater in Mississippi may be gentled by one contact with the urbane beneficence of Franklin Roosevelt. Two months ago Theodore Bilbo won the right in Mississippi's Democratic primary to succeed Senator Stephens by promising to "out-Huey Huey Long." Last week The Man Bilbo called at the White House, showed himself a turnquote. On emerging he buttonholed newshawks and declared: "I want you boys to do a favor. Correct the impression that Bilbo is coming here as a ... hellraiser. He is 100% Democratic. I am coming to Washington to stand by the party, the platform and the President...