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...those who hoped for direct cash profits were no happier than the little group of men to whom silver is almost a religion, those who have fought to raise its price, to see the day when silver once more became money. To Senator Pittman of Nevada, who wangled through the London agreement, it was a delightful Christmas present. In the first flush of joy he predicted that it would: 1) stabilize the world price of silver at 64 1/2 ? 2) increase buying power in the U. S. 50%; 3) increase the exchange value of the moneys of China, India, Mexico...
...trip to Angora (TIME, Nov. 6) by a sumptuous banquet in his honor. Footmen in red livery and gold buttons served caviar and champagne, there were crimson roses on the dinner table to honor the Soviet visitors, the turkey was called "Dindoneau a la Moskva" and Mmes Borah and Pittman, whose Senator husbands were respectively out of town and ill, attended...
...Senator Thomas, field marshal of the inflationary forces, was loosely threatening a march of 1,000,000 men on Washington unless there was a great outpouring of printing-press money. His polls of Congress showed a 20-to-1 sentiment in favor of quick inflation. Nevada's Senator Pittman tried to interest the White House in inflation by the free silver route. In Idaho Senator Borah rumbled: "Infla-tion is indispensable to the success of the NRA." A growing demand was developing for the Treasury to pay off depositors in closed banks with $3,000,000,000 in "greenbacks...
...Capitol Democratic Senators were secretly circulating a round-robin to the President protesting their failure to land jobs for friends. Particularly under fire for failing to appoint deserving Democrats were Secretary of the Interior Ickes, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, Secretary of Labor Perkins. Nevada's Pittman, Foreign Relations Committee chairman and president protem of the Senate, was credited with a letter to the President which declared: "It is a strange thing that if a Democrat recommends an appointee, it is political coercion. If a Republican recommends one, it is entirely unselfish. If a Democrat is named ... it involves political...
...Corruption probably is the chief cause of the trouble in Cuba," said Nevada's Key Pittman, Chairman of the U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, returning last week from the London Conference. "If the United States should intervene I think other nations would understand." After conferring with the President, Senator Pittman amended: "I expect our warships back soon. The Monroe Doctrine is a thorn in the side of South American nations...