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Impartial House observers rate him thus: no debating legislator, he has specialized in the dull but important committee work behind legislation. A thoroughgoing "regular" Republican, he follows the lead of his State colleague Floor Leader John Quillin Tilson, exerts his quiet influence at every turn for the benefit of reputable well-established Business & Industry. His term expires March...
Export Depenture. To help eliminate this hard-fought Senate provision from the bill whereby farmers would be guaranteed a bonus on their exported commodities, Republican Leader Tilson flipped out a letter from President Hoover, read into it a threat of veto for the whole measure unless the debenture plan was killed...
...House last week squared away to receive the Tariff Bill from the Senate. As always, the House leaders-Speaker Longworth, Floor Leader Tilson, Rules Chair-man Snell-tried to set the House to catch the Bill so there would be no unseemly fumbling on the floor. Getting set consisted of passing a special rule for sending the legislation straight off to conference...
Such was the situation last week when Connecticut's Representative Tilson, House Majority Leader, went to see President Hoover. He complained of the Senate's tariff dalliance, declared: "I deplore the situation that has developed. I can't remember any time as bad as this...
Like his 434 colleagues in the House, Speaker Longworth was thoroughly cognizant of the Senate's recent fumblings and gropings with the tariff. Even he had spoken critically of what parliamentary practice required him to refer to as "another body." With his two trusted Lieutenants (Floorleader John Quillan Tilson, Rules Chairman Bertrand H. Snell) he was prepared to shame the Senate with exhibition of legislative despatch...