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Next day the Rules Committee met, prepared to censure the undiscovered "leaky" Senator, subpoenaed Pressman Mallon. By ancient custom and courtesy, though not by rule, one representative at a time of the four great press associations?United, Associated, Universal, International???is allowed the privilege of the Senate floor. Chairman Moses of the Rules Committee, by way of punishment, ordered this privilege for the United Press suspended. Wisconsin's Senator La Follette, eager to press the issue to the maximum discomfort of Republican Conservatives, pointed out that the Senate rules granted no floor privileges to any pressmen. When Senator La Follette...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Senate v. Press | 6/3/1929 | See Source »

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