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...Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, one of the President's South American friends, who had flown up to attend the inauguration but was delayed by storm in Santo Domingo. In quick succession followed other important matters: the President asked Congress to extend the expiring Reciprocal Trade Act; Chairman Pittman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee popped up with a new neutrality bill; hard-headed Walter Runciman, proprietor of the Isle of Eigg and president of the British Board of Trade, arrived with his wife to spend the week-end-quite unofficially-at the White House. These last three events...
...side were the peace-passionate President, Congress and State Department of the U. S., all eager to make these acts crimes faster than they could be performed. Congress got a hump on. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the House was organized at least three days faster than usual. Chairman Pittman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee drafted an eloquent joint resolution with many whereases describing the brutality of the Spanish conflict, the danger of its dragging the U. S. into...
Twenty-four hours after Congress met, the peace-lovers were ready. Senators Pittman, Nye and Vandenberg had their say but the wrangle which might well have taken place was postponed in deference to haste. Only major Senate action was to strip the resolution of its eloquent whereases to clauses forbidding shipment of arms to civil-warring Spain, provide a $10,000 fine and five years in prison as maximum penalty for disobedience. It was passed...
...noon the great eleven-car campaign train, with the President's car Pioneer as caboose, pulled out of Washington. Aboard were nearly 100 persons, including the Nominee's wife, his Secretary of Agriculture, his private secretaries, Senators O'Mahoney, Wheeler, Pittman, newshawks and cameramen...
...performance was about to begin a wind squall broke, blew down the Egyptian temple which was supposed to serve as the first-act scenery. Faithful to the stage directions, Wronski had wanted horses for the second act, engaged them with their drivers from a local coal company called Pittman & Dean. The horses were reasonably patient, but the drivers took too much to drink during the constant delays. Finally they emerged on stage slapping the animals' rumps, shouting boisterously: "Yea, Pittman & Dean! Yea, Pittman & Dean...