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...published an article bearing this headline: " California for World Court Mr. Lenroot's Tour Reveals." The justification for this headline was the first paragraph of the article below...
California is overwhelmingly in favor of a World Court and sentiment is running strongly against ' those isolationists who, in a spirit of intense egotism and narrowness would wrap the American flag about them and cry " economic, industrial peace," when there is no peace.' Irvine L. Lenroot (R.), Senator from Wisconsin, told a representative of The Christian Science Monitor here...
...other words, there was no justification for the headline " California for World Court" other than Mr. Lenroot's say-so. An honest head would have been " Lenroot says California Favors World Court "-or words to that effect, properly padded or contracted so as to fit space...
...abolition of the courtesy rule, whereby an ex-member of the House or Senate is privileged to speak upon the floor. This privilege has often been abused for the purpose of conducting elaborate lobbies in favor of special legislation. Mr. Mondell, late of the House, and Mr. Lenroot of the Senate have both expressed the opinion that lobbying by ex-members is a growing evil to which Congress must sooner or later address itself, or suffer undue influence at the hands of irresponsible and special interests...
...Agricultural Credits Act of 1923 " passed the House and then the Senate late in the evening of March 3. It is composed of three bills, the Capper, Lenroot-Anderson, and Strong measures, and combines their provisions...