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Married. Elbridge Gerry II, polo player, grandson of the late philanthropist and founder of the S. P. C. C., and of the late, great Edward Henry Harriman; and Marjorie Y. Kane, Manhattan socialite; by Rt. Rev. Frank Du Moulin, onetime Bishop Coadjutor of Ohio* in Locust Valley, Long Island...
...Moulin, originally chosen to marry the couple, withdrew to hurry to Providence, R. I. to attend the sudden marriage of his son. Crossing Long Island Sound, the ferryboat broke flown, floated around for hours. The ferry boat finally floated back to Long Island, Dr. Du Moulin rushed to Locust Valley, performed the ceremony...
...delays in balancing the Budget. . . . It is not a partisan issue . . . not a controversy between the President and Congress. It is an issue of the people against delays and destructive legislation which impair the credit of the United States. It is also an issue between the people and the locust swarm of lobbyists who haunt the halls of Congress seeking selfish privileges . . . misleading members as to the real views of the people by showers of propaganda. . . . This is a serious hour which demands that the people rise with stern courage above partisanship to meet the needs of our national life...
President Hoover had not been to the Capitol since Washington's Birthday, but no journalist in Washington could deny the accuracy of his "locust swarm" phrase in describing the country's legislative halls (see above...
...President of the U. S. last week told the country that the halls of Congress were "haunted by a locust swarm of lobbyists" (see p. 15). This was news to no newspaper in the U. S. General descriptions of the locust-swarm were wired out of Washington by correspondents, but without naming names...