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Just then another Congressman fleeing Mr. Taber's wrath opened the door, let in another vast blast. For a moment...
...Taber's yell detonated through the loudspeaker, something seemed to give way in Mr. Schuetz's skull. Shaking like a third-day drunk, he staggered to the cloakroom, slumped to a couch. "I thought I would go goofy," said Mr. Schuetz simply...
Representative John Taber of Auburn, N. Y. is a tall, grey-haired, kindly man, who has room in his heart for most men and most dogs. But when he thinks about
...over, closes his eyes, opens his mouth, and lets go. He believes the way to get rid of the New Deal is to blow the House down. At such times, like the brazen-throated Greek warrior Stentor, his voice is "as loud as fifty other men." Fortnight ago Mr. Taber had one of his shouting-fits, during debate on the Wage & Hour amendments. At one point, just as he let go his full bellow, he almost swallowed the microphone. The resultant blast from the amplifier did something queer to one of his auditors, Representative Leonard Schuetz of Chicago...
...raid and left for dead. Then he realized he could hear-for the first time in his life with the left ear; better than before with the right. Last week, to the confusion of medicos, Mr. Schuetz's hearing was excellent, and kindly Stentor Taber had new proof that it did some good to shout down the New Deal...