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...week the Federal Communications Commission stepped in, ordered U. S. telegraph companies to produce by Aug. 15 detailed, sworn data concerning faked telegrams against the "death sentence," destruction of files containing protest messages. Thereupon Senator Black devoted the rest of the week to looking for dirt in a cigar...
...Cigar Box. Up for questioning was President John William Carpenter of Texas Power & Light Co., a subsidiary of American Power & Light Co. which is an affiliate of Electric Bond & Share Co. Asked Chairman Black: "Did you or did you not. between 10:30 and 12 o'clock on the Sunday before the House vote [on the "death sentence"], give anyone anything in your room at the Mayflower Hotel...
...bluff T. Webber Wilson laid down his big strong cigar, breezed up in a clean white suit to tell the committee his tale of difficulty and discouragement at the hands of the "Pearsonites." T. (for Thomas) Webber Wilson, onetime Congressman from Mississippi whom Senator Pat Harrison, not entirely unselfishly, rescued from political limbo with a Federal judgeship in the Islands, had previously distinguished himself by proceeding in the face of bitter opposition to prosecute a quadroon PWA clerk named Mclntosh for pilfering $38.40 worth of Government cement and lumber. Last week it developed that fierce discord had also arisen between...
Senator Robinson, a bulky figure in a white suit, lumbered to his feet, cigar in hand...
Senator Robinson's cigar returned to his face and he strolled out of the chamber, after one of the briefest Senate sessions on record, lasting less than two minutes. The session was held because the Constitution prohibits one House of Congress adjourning for more than three days without the consent of the other. And Senator Robinson was on hand because as Majority Leader he is always doing parliamentary chores so that his colleagues can have special little holidays...