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...mother reached off a shelf for him to rummage in. Thinking now of that tin trunk, with its daguerrotypes and snippets of family hair, he remembers placidly that his maternal grandmother, who smoked a pipe, prophesied that he would die on the gallows. She had her reasons. Once, to compel his mother's attention, he snatched a kitchen knife from her by the blade so violently that he still bears the scar. "A similar perversity drove me to grasp potted plants by their stems and to dash them to the floor...
...many predictions of Baker's election as of Roosevelt's. Prominent party politicians, while discreetly silent in states where Mr. Baker's own withheld permission is necessary for their appearance at Chicago as official delegates, are known to harbor a secret desire for the fateful deadlock which will compel the nomination of a compromise candidate. And though Mr. Baker will go in to the convention with scarcely a pledged vote in his behalf, a succession of ballots would bring his name so significantly forward that the nomination might easily be within his grasp...
...harmony with this underlying body of conviction, Mr. Baker has for years sought to convince America that the day of isolation in world affairs is past, and that a true understanding of our interests and responsibilities as a member of a larger community must compel us to take a more active part in international life. In this view, Mr. Baker is unique and outstanding among the possible Democratic nominees. At a time when it is becoming more and more apparent that prosperity or depression is dependent on international conditions, it is imperative that the next occupant of the white House...
...Constitutional amendment itself. But as the Wets saw it, such a vote would approximate sentiment on Prohibition. The Wets had no expectation of mustering the majority needed to bring the amendment to the floor, much less the two-thirds required to pass it. What they did expect was to compel all Congress-men-Wets, Drys and Weaslers-to stand up and be counted* for the first time since 1917 on an issue that will be one of the most ticklish in the 1932 campaign. Counting day, it was announced last week, will be March...
...Clarence C. Dill, wife of the U. S. Senator from Washington, famed 20 years ago as the suffraget "General" Rosalie Gardiner Jones, asked a New York court to compel a division of her family's rich holdings on Long Island, New York, Arkansas and Washington, left by her father the late Oliver Livingston Jones. Co-executors protested that none of the parcels would be sold profitably because of the Depression. To that Mrs. Dill replied the property at Cold Spring Harbor, L. I. could easily be sold at a profit because Cold Spring is a "millionaire colony...