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...soak the rich." With equal promptitude, stocky, ruddy little Speaker Garner of the House-to whom William Randolph Hearst referred last fortnight (and again last week over the radio; as the Hope of the Democratic Party-retorted: "Ogden Mills is talking through his hat! If he knows what the Demo-cratic tax program is, then I wish he'd tell me!" Also without ado, Speaker Garner summoned Floor Leader Rainey, Congressman Collier and Senator Harrison to his office and in good plain plainsman's language, for two and one-half hours, told them there was yet no Democratic...
...government to go into the Treasury and dole out money to those in need [applause]. Is there a man on the Democratic side who now wishes to rise and dissent from committing his party to the dole policy [nobody rises]. Very well, then, the issue is clean cut. The Demo-cratic party in the House would commit the Government to the dole...
...Michigan has been a faith fully Republican district since 1898 when Joseph Warren ("Old Joe") Fordney, co author of the 1922 Tariff Act, took it away from Ferdinand Brucker, Demo cratic father of Michigan's present Repub lican Governor. Year ago the late Bird J. Vincent, thin, greyish Republican Representative, defeated a big, blond, slow-moving Democrat named Michael J. ("Mike") Hart by 20,000 votes. This year Mr. Hart, a bean jobber of Saginaw who runs an 800-acre farm, was again nominated, this time against Republican Foss O. Eldred of Ionia. Nominee Hart declared Wet, had the support...
Other Vacancies. To help out harassed Republican leaders in the House, the Republican New Jersey Legislature met extraordinarily last month, ordained a special election in the 5th Congressional district on Dec. i?in time for the victor to speed to Washington and participate in House organization. Last week's Demo-cratic sweep in New Jersey (see p. 15) dampened G. 0. P. hopes that a Republican Congressman would succeed to the Republican vacancy...
...charge that President Hoover was "restricting, reducing and starving" the U. S. fleet, subordinating its strength to foreign powers, nullifying authorized construction programs with economy. After due deliberation the committee voted 7-to-i in support of Mr. Gardiner, affirming "its faith in the statement issued." Only dissenter was Demo-crat Henry Breckinridge, onetime Assistant Secretary of War, who took exception to Mr. Gardiner's "unseemly and unjustified language concerning the President of the United States." After posing for photographs the whole committee went marching up to the exclusive Metropolitan Club for a thumping big luncheon...