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...present chairman, William E. Borah, is regarded by many as the ablest man in the Senate...
Senator and Mrs. William E. Borah of Idaho ceased sitting up at night to read about the Hall-Mills murder trial; Senator Tasker L. Oddie of Nevada forgot for the moment that he was being sued for a personal note of $6,232.50; many another lawmaker laid down the cares of domestic life and strode up the steps of the Capitol. In the Senate chamber the gavel of Vice President Dawes smote his desk; in the House the gavel of Speaker Nicholas Longworth did likewise. The 69th Congress had begun its last and its "lame duck" session...
...urged to urge the Senate to reject the Geneva protocol prohibiting the use of poison gas in warfare. Said Commander Savage, vigorous warrior: "Ask any veteran of the A. E. F. whether war could be humane, with or without gas. . . ." Several days later, after a conference with Senator Borah, the President announced that he would support the Geneva protocol. ¶Germany can manufacture methanol (synthetic wood alcohol) for 48? per gallon; in the U. S. the production costs range from 72? to 75?. So, last week President Coolidge raised the tariff on methanol from 12? to 18? per gallon, thereby...
...speaker, forthright, vehement, was not the President of Mexico, Plutarcho Elias Calles. He was instead the Chairman of the U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator William Edgar Borah. He was commenting on the release to the press last week of an exchange of notes between the U. S. and Mexico. He concluded: "There is a difference of view between the two Governments as to the effect of Mexico's Constitution and laws upon property of Americans. . . . Undoubtedly emphatic language has been used. . . . But I do not find in the notes any threat, any ultimatum. ... I do not think...
TIME reported that Senator Borah was interested in tracing his ancestry to Martin Luther's wife's family. To TIME's Political Editor a mild reprimand for his ignorance of Church history. Katharina von Bora was, indeed, a fine woman. According to McGiffert,- she escaped from a convent, by the aid of Luther, who endeavored to secure a husband for her, upon which she intimated, anticipating Priscilla Mullins, that she would prefer Luther himself...