Word: mellons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...idea that because I have asked that question I should be charged here with being the representative in the Senate of Mr. Mellon or the Aluminum Co. of America does no credit to the Senator who, makes the charge. I am here representing the state of Pennsylvania and the nation of which it is a part, and I take no insults from the Senator from Montana about that...
...suppose as a matter of course the Senator from Pennsylvania must be speaking, in this matter, as the Representative of the Aluminum Co. of America or of Mr. Mellon...
...Reed made answer: "I asked Mr. Mellon how much stock he had and whether he had any objection to making a statement what the figure was. He answered the question...
...press the aluminum investigation. Twenty-six Democrats and seven Progressive Republicans voted to agree to the report 33 ayes. Thirty-four Republicans and two Democrats (Blease and Bruce) voted to reject the report 36 noes. The report was beaten, the Senate would not investigate the Aluminum Co. and Mr. Mellon. Since there was little hope left for his resolution to have special counsel present the case to a grand jury, Senator Robinson dropped his resolution. The result was considered in some quarters as a victory for Secretary Mellon, his popularity and reputation for rectitude; in other quarters it was taken...
...Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon has been called the "Aluminum King" because of his interest in the Aluminum Co. of America. What per cent of the stock of that corporation was the Senate told that Mr. Mellon owned...