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...House, keep a restive majority in hand (with the aid of Majority Leader Sam Rayburn who was elected his successor just before the state funeral in the House Chamber) at a time when impatience with Congress, impatience with the delays natural to democracy, was seeping through the U. S. Withal he sponsored some legislation of his own (cotton control, farm-tenant aid, soldiers' rehabilitation). Loyal to Franklin Roosevelt at every pinch save one (in 1938 he refused to sign a petition for discharge of the Wages & Hours Bill from committee), he let himself dream of being his party...
After all, there is no other fool such as he. Anyone else would be ashamed to admit responsibility for the inanities he concocts. Kid stuff through and through--pianos on bicycls, pretzel-shaped air rifles, and baggy pants. But funny withal, and all because Mr. Wynn thought of it and does...
...withal, the triple triumph of the New Deal in these debates is comment-worthy. For it demonstrates that opponents of the present administration will have a hard time marshalling arguments against it. Relief, Recovery, and Reform represent specific achievements of the Roosevelt regime which can not easily or logically be refuted...
...French have a knack for wallowing in dirt and being fascinating withal. The muddier the pool the keener their desire to throw stones into it and watch the ripples. The darkness of the human mind and the dirt of existence are what they love to dwell on; and they do so to their heart's content (and the horror of the audience) in "The Human Beast," current film at the Fine Arts...
...Gettysburg's casualties: "We can do nothing less than gratefully and reverently acknowledge the Divine favor which has watched over our lives and our homes. . . . But withal, we have been called to part with some. We have learned only of the following: Killed, Miss Virginia Wade, by our own sharpshooters; and Edward M. son of Alexander Woods, shot accidentally by his brother, while playing with a gun picked off the battlefield...