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...That the presence of Senator Borah, with whom Mr. Hughes differs on policies, at the head of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate meant lack of team work and Mr. Hughes preferred to resign. (Probably a contributory reason...
...that the Republican Senatorial Caucus read out of its ranks four insurgents who had opposed the Republican National ticket in the campaign preceding the November election. The four-Senators LaFollette, Brookhart, Ladd, Frazier-accepted their exclusion with comparative silence. It was not a great deprivation. Another Senator, Mr. Borah, makes a practice of absenting himself from caucus meetings, although his action is purely voluntary...
...Government some money by having it prepared by the White House chef instead of by the usual caterer. There were 46 guests, including all the members of the Cabinet and their wives except Mr and Mrs. James J. Davis, who are in South America (TIME, Nov. 17). Senators Warren, Borah, Wadsworth, Butler, Curtis; Representatives Snell, Sanders (Ind.), Madden, Longworth; Colonel George Harvey, Director of the Budget Lord, John Hays Hammond, C. Bascom Slemp were included. Most of those who had wives brought them. Some of the unattended ladies were Representative Mae E. Nolan, Mrs. Eugene Hale (mother of Senator Hale...
...Philadelphia Forum assembled, last week, with interest to hear the opinions of the new Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee-Senator Borah. No one expected him to have changed much, for he is not the kind of man to assume opinions lightly. Nevertheless, he had played a lone part in politics; in his new post, he cannot be quite so lonesome, quite so unique in his tenets, because the form, at least, of leadership is thrust upon...
...interesting report comes from Washington. Senator Borah, now chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, will oppose ratification. It happens that a large part of the landowners of the island are U. S. citizens. They have complained bitterly and often of the Cuban administration. Mr. Borah expressed his objections...