National Affairs: Harmony

"We're going to have a short, harmonious and constructive session." predicted white-crested Speaker of the House Rainey last week as he led 432 Representatives back to the Capitol for work and the one regular session of the 73rd Congress. "It will be a very important session but there will be no dramatic instances to write about. It will be a working session—pass supply bills, tax bills and liquor bills and adjourn early in May. There will be no attempt to overthrow anything the last session of Congress enacted and there will be no...

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