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...next morning after this information was imparted to the press, at 7:30, a select gathering of Congressional notables assembled at the White House about the breakfast table. There were Senators Curtis, Smoot, Wadsworth, McNary, Speaker Longworth and Representatives Madden, Tilson, Dickinson, Begg-the galaxy of Republican party managers and financial commanders in Congress- and the gist of what they had with their sausages and wheat cakes was the same as what the reporters had had without refreshments the day before...
...accept Italian bonds worth $528,000.000* for a debt of $2,150,151,000. But those who had argued that the settlement was all that Italy was financially able to pay?that it was either so much or nothing?were ahead of him. Senator Fess moved to reconsider. Senator Smoot promptly moved to table the motion, thereby cutting off debate. Later Senator Smoot withdrew his motion...
Hastily, for the honor of the Republican party, Senator Smoot shot forth: "It is against the rules to print such matter and I will ask that it be expunged from the record...
Accordingly Senator Smoot declared again and again that the U. S. cannot get "one cent more" from Italy, and implied that no amount of expert investigation can remedy that fact. "I want to say," he cried earnestly at one point, "that if we do not get this agreement it will be a long, long time before we get anything out of Italy. . . . Personally, I do not want to see Italy exhausted. She must live as well...
...Senator Smoot would have founded a woolen industry in Utah. What prevented? (See NATIONAL AFFAIRS...