Through the Senate last week ill winds whined and whistled for the Hoover administration. Consideration of the farm relief bill drew to a close. The Senate's Republican Leader, Senator Watson of Indiana, appeared on the floor in mourning. "When I go to a funeral, I dress for it," he explained with a liverish smile.
Debentures In. Trouble began when the Senate voted 47 to 44 to retain in the bill the Export Debenture Plan, ten objections by President Hoover notwithstanding (TIME, April 29). The line of cleavage on this vote proved two...
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