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...Rome last week, in an official Vatican communiqué to the World press, these points were made: first His Holiness is "highly pleased" that the Chairman of the U. S. Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, Senator William Edgar Borah (casual Presbyterian) made private protest anent the persecutions to Soviet Acting Commissar for Foreign Affairs Maximovitch Litvinov. The Vatican further intimated that Pope Pius is "deeply disappointed" because, despite his appeals, no Christian Government whatsoever has made any official, diplomatic protest to Moscow; third, the Vatican intimated that Pope Pius is particularly disappointed with the Government of the Irish Free...
...deeply below the surface it will cut, how much light or heat it will generate depends largely upon the interest, vigor and ardor of the Senate's five lobby chasers, one Wet (Wisconsin's Senator Elaine) and four Drys (Senators Caraway of Arkansas, Robinson of Indiana, Borah of Idaho, Walsh of Montana...
Last week southern planters could privately sympathize with lanky, middle-aged James E. Pigott of Washington Parish, La., who pleaded guilty before U. S. District Judge Wayne Borah (nephew of Idaho's Senator) in New Orleans. He admitted he had chained to trees on his plantation three Negroes who owed him money. Judge Borah sentenced him to 18 months in the Atlanta Penitentiary. Asked Planter Pigott...
...test was completely exhibited in the Judiciary Committee's handling of the nomination of Thomas Day Thacher to be Solicitor General of the U. S. Idaho's Senator Borah asked Mr. Thacher if he owned any public utility stock. Mr. Thacher submitted a list of his holdings: 100 shares American & Foreign Power Corp.; 55 shares of Baltimore's Consolidated Gas & Electric; 100 shares Electric Power & Light Corp.; 400 shares National Power & Light Co. Judiciary Committee Chairman Norris wrote Nominee Thacher: "In the judgment of the committee you ought to divest yourself of the securities mentioned." Mr. Thacher...
Responsible for this new property test for judicial office were the powerphobes of the Judiciary Committee-Senators Norris of Nebraska, Borah of Idaho. Elaine of Wisconsin, Walsh of Montana...