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...Adopted conference report on the White-Dill bill for control of radio (TIME, Feb. 21). (Bill went to the President...
...White-Dill Bill, as agreed on in conference, provides essentially...
...Dill, after teaching country school and reporting for Cleveland newspapers, went West. He reached the State of Washington in 1909, and 13 years later persuaded that commonwealth to send him, only 38 and a Democrat, to the mighty Senate...
...could. The only issue was whether Mr. Hoover and his successors in the Department of Commerce should rule the air, or whether it should be ruled by a commission. The Administration favored Hoover & Successors. Congressman White wrote an appropriate bill and the House passed it. For the Senate, Mr. Dill wrote a bill about a commission, and the Senate passed that. Committees of the upper and lower houses met, worked long, late. That consummate politician, Senator Watson of Indiana, labored for harmony. Harmony came, but the Senator idea, slightly anti-Administration...
Messrs. Thompson, Litsinger and Dr. John Dill Robertson are battling for the Republican nomination for Mayor. One of Mr. Thompson's campaign tricks is to reveal at political meetings a bird cage containing two housebroken rats. He calls them "Dill" and "Fred," in honor of Dr. Robertson and Fred Lundin. "What the hell do I care for Lundin? He's a dirty rat!" cried Candidate Thompson. "He is grooming this other rat, Robertson. He's the scum of the earth." It will be remembered that "Rat" Lundin helped make Mr. Thompson Mayor of Chicago many years...