In Alexandria, Virginia's peppery little Carter Glass read Senator Borah's Detroit speech (see "Republicans"), and fulminated. He dug up Borah speeches in the Senate in 1919 which charged that the Hoover-headed Food Administration was "directed and controlled by" three of the "vast monopolies which control food in this country." Senator Borah had cited figures and said: "I do not want any man to operate a trust fund by my vote who thinks that those figures represent decency or honesty."
At Leonardtown, Md., sarcastic Senator Caraway of Arkansas twitted Senator Borah about his campaign,...
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