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...experiment with the idea of being absolutely fair for a month or so? Why do you always make the President's statements very wise and important when we realize that they are seldom his own and then throw ridicule at Mr. Borah, who is foolish enough to try and be a politician and a Christian too, and who, of course, is barred from the Presidency because he is too big to let any group control...
...NATIONAL AFFAIRS, no one except the President has been given the floor more often than Senator Borah...
Other famed Washington women who might inscribe illuminating monographs in Paulina Longworth's memory book are: Mrs. James W. Wadsworth Jr., who fought against woman suffrage; Mrs. Harry S. New, amateur cinema exhibitor; Mrs. William E. Borah, mouselike in comparison with her tigercat husband; Mrs. John P. Hill, stylish wife of a swanky husband; Mrs. William Howard Taft, music critic and enthusiast; Mrs. Curtis D. Wilbur, able cook; Mrs. Frederick H. Gillett, wife of a Senator and one-time widow of a Congressman, hence, interested in politics; Mrs. Louis D. Brandeis, who writes poetry; Mrs. Frank B. Kellogg, able...
Sirs: Recently a reader submitted his list of the ten greatest Americans, demanded to know which subscribed to TIME. May I suggest ten interesting Americans, not necessarily the most interesting, and inquire which subscribe ? list: H. L. Mencken James A. Reed William E. Borah Charles H. Mayo Nicholas Murray Butler John Erskine Graham McNamee* Will Rogers Alexander Woollcott David Belasco...
...third minority refused to ratify the-Lausanne Treaty between the U. S. and Turkey. The vote was 50 (all Republicans) to 34 (all Democrats) ? six less than the necessary two-thirds majority. In executive session behind closed doors, debate had fumed intermittently for more than a fortnight. Senator Borah, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and the Administration backed the treaty; Senator King, sharp-tongued Mormon from Utah, and his band of Democrats fought it on the grounds that it fails to carry out Woodrow Wilson's plan for Armenian independence, that it does not guarantee protection to Christians...