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...Immaterial." In an effort to clear up the discordant situation President Hoover summoned his onetime political friend, Senator Borah, who as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee has the Treaty nominally in charge. Not since last year when their friendship was ruptured by tariff and farm relief differences had the President consulted the gentleman from Idaho. For 45 minutes Senator Borah, apathetic toward the Treaty's virtues, listened to the President tell of his hopes and fears, walked out to say it was "immaterial" to him when the Treaty was disposed...
...Extraneous Matter." What Senator Johnson wanted to know was why the U. S. delegation had receded in its big-cruiser demand from 23 to 18 vessels. Chairman Borah asked Secretary Stimson for more private data. Secretary Stimson returned a "confidential memorandum which will answer as far as possible" Senator Johnson's questions, and a refusal in these words...
...result of this threat, Chairman Borah of the Foreign Relations Committee prepared to close hearings this week, predicted the Pact's ratification within a fortnight...
...admitted, however, having had "a ten-minute visit with Mrs. Dawes [wife of the U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain] over the telephone." On the pier, Mrs. Borah did not exercise any courtesy-of-the-port order...
...Mamie McConnell Borah, wife of Senator William Edgar Borah of Idaho, returning from Europe, told newshawks that her husband had cabled her to give no interviews because he "was indignant'' at the stories which newspapers carried when Mrs. Borah neglected to provide herself with a French visa on leaving the U. S. (TIME, April...