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Observers who may have wondered where Senator Borah puts his mighty mane when he goes to bed, on the pillow or sticking out over the edge, learned at least one thing about his sleeping habits last week. When sleeping in a strange place, Senator Borah puts his pocketbook under his pillow...
...handsome, ursine figure from Idaho entered the Senate in 1908, William Edgar Borah...
...Nashville, Tenn., Senator Borah was asked again about the G. O. P. Sinclair money. He retorted: "We need all the money we can get in view of the fact that the Raskobs and the du Fonts have taken possession of the Democratic party. I would as soon have Sinclair's money as du Font's. Both made it by exploiting the American people...
...Alexandria, Virginia's peppery little Carter Glass read Senator Borah's Detroit speech (see "Republicans"), and fulminated. He dug up Borah speeches in the Senate in 1919 which charged that the Hoover-headed Food Administration was "directed and controlled by" three of the "vast monopolies which control food in this country." Senator Borah had cited figures and said: "I do not want any man to operate a trust fund by my vote who thinks that those figures represent decency or honesty...
...Leonardtown, Md., sarcastic Senator Caraway of Arkansas twitted Senator Borah about his campaign, earlier this year, to "purge" the G. O. P. of Oilman Sinclair's contributions...