Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last spring arose a suspicion that two dry-voting Congressmen-Michaelson of Illinois and Morgan of Ohio-had brought liquor-laden baggage through the customs by official "courtesy of the port" (TIME, April 8). The two Representatives were cleared, but the Treasury Department felt that the "courtesy" privilege offered too temptatious an opportunity to homecoming Congressmen. A decree was issued abolishing both the "free entry" allowed Congressmen traveling on official business, and the "immediate attention" accorded to those returning from unofficial foreign sojourn...
...Treasury Department all summer. Homecoming legislators took their turns for customs inspection, opened every trunk and bag, paid duty on every taxable trinket. Last week Assistant Secretary Lowman feeling that the disturbance had thoroughly blown over, issued a new order, again granting "courtesy-of-the-port" to Congressmen. Newspapers fumed editorially about "unAmerican favoritism," while jubilant Congressmen, returning from abroad for the impending session of the House, jaunted through the customs in their old, carefree...
...moron who shoulders uncomplainingly the unpleasant tasks of life. If any steps are taken to prevent the reproduction of morons, many lawyers, doctors, parliamentarians, preachers and Congressmen would have to go to work. . . . As a rule the ordinary moron works. . . .. The mass of the world's most important and also most disagreeable work is done by morons and others closest to the line. ... If we had no morons, it would seriously interfere with the paving of streets, building of sewers, running of railroads, factories and other industries and also raise havoc with church attendance. . . . The moron as a rule...
Official Washington sizzled at the disclosures in the Shearer case. In connection with the Geneva affair came revelations of flagrant Shearer lobbying in Congress. The generalizing minds of Congressmen expanded easily from one lobby to all lobbying. Senators Borah, Shortridge, Robinson, Black, La Follette cried out for more investigations. Senator Caraway of Arkansas and Representative Gibson of Vermont introduced resolutions calling for a "thorough investigation." Soon lobbyists may have to lobby for the very existence of lobbying...
...welcome what has happened, inasmuch as it brought to light the tremendous amount of lobbying done in this country. The Bureau of Commerce at Washington should be able to make available to congressmen and senators in an impartial manner facts about the pending laws. I am opposed to lobbying, as it is practiced here in America, but I suppose it can hardly be avoided when there are only two major parties...