Convention. At Houston, Tex., several thousand bankers met last week for the annual convention of the American Bankers' Association. Representing 67% of all U. S. banks, they control $43,397,552,540 in banking assets.*
Row. U. S. Senator Thaddeus H. Caraway of Arkansas charged the Association with responsibility for defeat of the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill. The bankers denied it and refused Senator Caraway permission to further address the convention.
"Sore." Senator Caraway, balked by program committee, issued statements charging that "the farmers feel that the banking and industrial interests have prejudiced the leaders of the...
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