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...Herbert Hoover's flower garden at the Rapidan Camp shrivelled and died...
Driving through Virginia to his Rapidan camp for the weekend, President Hoover saw for himself pastures toasted brown, corn drooping dead on the stalk, lean kine herded miles to water. At his camp he discussed relief plans with Secretary of Agriculture Hyde and Vice Chairman James C. Stone of the Federal Farm Board...
...Rapidan camp for a Friday-to-Monday week-end went the President and 17 guests. Discussed: municipal problems of Washington. It was hot. The President climbed a lookout tower to watch forest fires along the tindery blue ridge...
When the Senate refused to work on Saturday, President Hoover went to his Rapidan camp for the weekend, took Senators Allen of Kansas and Vandenberg of Michigan, "Young Guardsmen" supporting the Treaty, along with him to discuss the Senate situation. They urged him to prod the Senate forward by making a public appeal. They complained that Republican Senate Leader Watson was not leading as a good leader should, admitted that the slim Senate quorum might collapse altogether if Senator Watson tried to press the opposition too hard. They speculated to the President on applying cloture to the Senate debate, ordering...
...Independence Week End President Hoover went to his Rapidan camp, rode horseback, worked over his Treaty message to the Senate. With him at the camp were Republican Senators Watson, McNary, Fess, Walcott. Topmost in the minds of all, though denials were later made that it was openly discussed at the camp, was the case of Claudius Hart Huston, chairman of the Republican National Committee whose political effectiveness has been damaged by the disclosure of his Muscle Shoals lobbying (TIME, March 31). Many had been the demands for Mr. Huston's resignation...