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...Leaders of both the House and Senate were frequent callers at the White House. Senator Borah was one. Speaker Gillett and Representative Longworth were others...
...President announced he would give a series of breakfast parties at the White House, and held the first one. Came Republican Senators Curtis, Borah, Moses, Norris, Wadsworth, Hale, Jones, Sterling, Warren, Spencer, McLean, Watson, Smoot, Cummins. Over their flapjacks, the company talked of Legislation...
...Borah of Idaho still wore the air of a preoccupied man. The red carnation of New York's Copeland flashed amiably, urbanely. Came Couzens of Michigan and McNary of Oregon, to colloquize earnestly, apart from the hubbub. The long, black coat and white expanse of waistcoat were Overman's, of North Carolina...
...invariable Senate rule to rush through matters which require mature deliberation, such as the Japanese exclusion measure, and to delay and wrangle over those which call for prompt action, will not be departed from. Under Senator Borah's marshalship those cold storage eggs the World Court and Russian recognition will be taken out for an airing, if nothing more...
...Zinovieff Note affair in England strengthens the position of Secretary Hughes, who opposes recognition of Soviet Russia. But perhaps Senator Borah's ardor can bring some new pressure to bear upon the State Department. On the World Court issue, Senator Borah's stand is less sure. At any rate he is not the irreconcilable and stand-patter that was Senator Lodge. By strenuous effort, making due allowance for Senatorial procedure, it is quite possible the United States may endorse the World Court by, say 1950, though that may, be premature...