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...office were three baskets of roses. One of them was from the two Farmer-Labor Senators, Hendrik Shipstead and Magnus Johnson (whose elections in Minnesota were brought about with his support) and with this basket was a card: "LA FOLLETTE, WE ARE HERE...
...Magnus Johnson, junior Senator from Minnesota: "Competing in a wood-chopping contest against Senator Frazier of North Dakota, I was defeated. Reports stated that I 'thought someone had taken a mean advantage of me.' Urged by cinema men to tell a funny story during the performance, I responded: 'Henry Ford never went to college but he went to Coolidge.' I could not help joining in the general laughter that followed. Said I: 'I used up much lung power while Frazier never cracked a smile but kept on sawing...
...Senator Magnus Johnson and Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, according to Washington reports, carried out their threatened milking contest (TiME, Dec. 3) at the dairy of the Soldiers' Home. The rules were: "Dry hand milking, two quarters at a time, three-gallon pails between the knees, no anti-kickers or tail holders." The cows were Concordia Dekol and Cora Johanna Frenesta Dekol, thoroughbred Holsteins. Major General Tasker H. Bliss, retired, Commander of the Soldiers' Home, was referee...
...Senator Magnus Johnson of Minnesota, of the great voice, was recently the object of the following narrative in the Hearst press...
...hard to be a radical even when you want to be one. Ask Magnus Johnson. He found himself at a big dinner in Washington the other night. Everybody was there. Near him sat Mr. Hoover, who isn't exactly a 'dirt farmer' radical, but spent a good deal of the evening with his arm around Magnus Johnson's shoulder. When Hoover removed that arm, it was to give President Coolidge a chance to put his arm there instead. . . . President Coolidge made a nice speech and talked more about Magnus Johnson than anything or anyone else...