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...President greeted cordially Secretary of War Dwight Filley Davis, the first , overnight guest at White Pine Camp. (Senator Fess was the second). Mr. Davis and his host strolled about the grounds, then ambled down to Lake Osgood to inspect rods and lines and to practice casting. They discussed the possibility of moving the Curtis Bay (near Baltimore) and Raritan, N. J., arsenals to some relatively detached point (see Army and Navy...
...President arose later, breakfasted amply, telephoned to Loon Lake (30 miles from White Pine Camp), invited Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio to come over and spend the night. Senator Fess (whose farm relief bill was recently overwhelmingly defeated in Congress) predicted that Senator Willis, Republican Ohio Senatorial nominee, would defeat Atlee Pomerene, Democratic aspirant to the Senate. Next morning Mrs. Coolidge drove with Senator Fess back to Loon Lake...
...From the Department of Agriculture," said Mr. Fess...
...From an old bill of Senator Capper," meekly replied Senator Fess...
Later in the evening with Senator Fess's plan cleared away, the Senate went on an agricultural rampage. Members jammed the aisles, waving bills and amendments, dispensing sarcasm. Vice President Dawes rapped for order and rapped again; Senators yelled desperately that they did not know what they were voting on. Finally, at 9:20 p. m., emerged a tiny bill, sponsored by the Administration. For the establishment of a co-operative marketing division within the Department of Agriculture, it appropriated $225,000. (Most farm bills deal in hundreds of millions...