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...bill creating a staff of Federal doctors to soothe such maladies. Senator Reed would have better execution of the existing constitutional law and less reform, fewer "hordes of officials and snoopers who swarm over the land like the lice of Egypt." For the same reason that he fought the Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act, he opposed the McNarv-Haugen farm relief bill. Senator Reed's other Jeffersonian axiom is that the U. S. should not meddle in the affairs of Europe...
Senator Bruce: "Oh, no, I absolve the senator from Ohio, the mouthpiece of the Anti-Saloon League, Senator Sheppard of Texas and Senator Jones of Washington...
...Voted to extend the Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act until June 30, 1929, when it will automatically be repealed. Senator King's three-hour filibuster was successful in forcing the repeal provision...
...Debated renewal of Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act; ceased without action, smothered by statistics...
...Senator Sheppard listened patiently, taking notes; then snorted his arrogant reply: "The Wets have about as much chance of weakening the Prohibition law as a humming bird has of flying from, this planet to Mars with the Washington monument on its back...