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As a Senator, Charles Curtis was always "one of the boys." Nothing pleased him more than to take $2 from wealthy Senator Couzens in a game of draw poker. As Republican floor leader for five years his only speech was: "I move that the Senate do now adjourn." But the...
Bitter Boos. When the Hoover special drew into hungry Detroit a raucous, disrespectful din arose from 500 out-of-workers, Bonuseers, Communists and disgruntled citizens massed about the station. For 25 minutes the President stuck to the safety of his private car. When he finally emerged, he got a bitter...
¶ Adopted the conference report on the $2,100,000,000 Relief bill; sent it to the President for a veto (see below). ¶ Debated a bill to establish a system of home loan banks, before digressing to adopt (53-to-18) an amendment proposed by Idaho's Borah...
Counsel Gray wanted to know why Witness Raskob had bought & sold stocks. Senator Couzens, a onetime motor stock investor (Ford) objected to the question, said he could not see "where we are drifting." Witness Raskob said he could not see either. But he explained "for personal reasons ... for income tax...
In the Senate, opposition developed quickly. Led by Messrs. Couzens, La Follette and Connally, 45 Senators (35 Democrats, 20 Republicans) signed a round-robin to "vote against any and every form of a general Sales Tax in the pending bill."