Word: committeees
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Causes for Mr. Burke's departure: 1) A new National Committee chairman (Claudius Hart Huston) who lets no one "officiate" for him; 2) A tendency to "leak" to newspapermen about President Hoover's political troubles; 3) A cloud cast by Mrs. Willebrandt's accusation, and never dispelled...
¶The Cheshire-cat smile on Mr. Burke's face as it faded from the White House picture was caused largely by one event: Otto Hermann Kahn, international banker and art patron, declined appointment by Senator George Higgins Moses to serve as treasurer of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee...
Senator Norris explained: the Lobby Committee had developed the fact that Senator Bingham had hired Charles L. Eyanson, had put him on the Senate pay roll (TIME, Oct. 7). Subsequently Senator Bingham in "discourteous language" on the Senate floor had assailed the Lobby Committee's membership. Therefore, he, Senator Norris...
Thus was the stage set last week for a scene rare in Senate annals. Senator Norris would have dropped his resolution if Senator Bingham had consented to do "honestly and manfully" two things: 1) Admit his mistake in hiring Eyanson; 2) Apologize to the Lobby Committee. Senator Bingham, despite the...
Meanwhile the Lobby Committee continued on its way after undercover legislative agents. Developments: