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...longtime guardian of local morals, threw a big birthday party for itself in old Park Street Church after 75 busy years of rescuing fallen women, arranging for the banning of dirty books, and-its more recent concern-keeping police posted on gamblers and bookmakers. New Hampshire Republican Senator Charles Tobey, in fine oratorical voice, showed up to deliver a fiery speech against...
...Tobey hammered the table, waved his arms, mugged, and at times seemed close to the edge of genuine apoplexy. But Ryan did not repent. He testified that he had not purged his union of racketeers, and (although 60% of its organizers have criminal records) acted as though he had none at all to purge. He said the A.F.L. had extended its cleanup deadline to May 15, but he showed no signs of planning any purges in the future (which made a showdown over the I.L.A. almost inevitable at the next meeting of the A.F.L. Executive Council...
Rage, shock, outraged propriety chased themselves across Tobey's features. At one point, while Ryan was being questioned by Michigan's Senator Charles E. Potter, whose legs were blown off at the knees by a land-mine explosion in France, Tobey broke...
...Yours!" yelled Tobey triumphantly...
Even after nearly four hours, Ryan refused to come forward and be saved. Tobey finished strong...