Word: caraway
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...your issue of Jan. 19 you quoted Senator Caraway with reference to Judge John Barton Payne's farm at Warrenton, Ya., as follows...
...Drought Relief fight in Congress reached such a pitch last week that a Senator stalked over into the House looking for a fight with a Representative. Down the centre aisle, shoulders hunched, hands deep in pockets (his usual carriage, but now more sour than ever) stalked Senator Thaddeus H. Caraway of hungry Arkansas. At a table sat baggy-faced Representative Louis C. Cramton, lame duck of Michigan, busy with papers. Beside him was big Representative Schafer of Wisconsin. Mr. Schafer poked Mr. Kramdens ribs, tried to call his attention to the Senatorial intruder. Mr. Cramton got busier than ever with...
Their hostility started when Representative Cramton helped block the $25,000,000 food appropriation for Drought sufferers. Senator Caraway accused him of trying to get a Federal job for himself after he leaves Congress. Representative Cramton called the Senator "a plain unadulterated liar." The following telephone conversation occurred...
...Caraway: I'm ready to meet you any place, any time, anywhere and have you repeat to my face what you said...
...Caraway: You're a coward and a liar...