Through the executive offices last week resounded a great beating and pounding of hammers. President Hoover was not disturbed. He knew it was only some workmen enlarging his office basement. What bothered him more was another noise the clanking and grating of legislative machinery at the capitol, out of gear and threatening to go out of control.
The House had brought forth its tariff bill and to the Hoover eye it did not resemble the article he had hoped for (see p. 10). To find out what was wrong with it, to gauge...
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