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What ardor was present resulted from the contested seating of blocs of delegates from South Carolina headed by Joseph ("Tieless Joe") Tolbert and from Mississippi under Negro Perry W. Howard. Postmaster General Brown, President Hoover's political organizer, had been working to weed out these national committeemen ever since the administration promised to "clean up the G. O. P. south" in 1929. But after a ballot behind closed doors the national committee voted to seat Messrs. Tolbert and Howard, first sign of Old Guard recalcitrance to White House suasion...
Caught crunching his way through the packed Congress mezzanine, grizzled Mr. Tolbert was asked by a reporter why he never wore a cravat. "I still have to find a reason for wearing a tie," he snorted, adding pridefully: "My collar is as empty as a Democrat's promises...
...Harrison of Mississippi, Walsh of Massachusetts, Glass of Virginia (whom Ohio's Bulkley already knows well, having helped him write the Federal Reserve Act in the 63rd Congress) and Senator-elect Lewis of Illinois. Some Republicans who must not be overlooked are Ralph Williams of Oregon, "Tieless Joe" Tolbert of South Carolina. Perry Howard of Mississippi, Virginia's Bascom Slemp...
...Joseph W. Tolbert ("Tieless Joe"), Republican National Committeeman of South Carolina...
Richard Haile, once a grocer, now a mortician; for twelve years (1912-1924) National Committeeman from South Carolina, and still a most influential adviser of white Committeeman Joseph ("Tieless Joe") Tolbert...