THE CONGRESS: Bar of the Senate

Last week the Senate set out to demonstrate the full measure of its might and power. The galleries were filled with visitors to see the spectacle. As the roll was called the Senators strode in, grim and determined. Senator Hugo Black, the head of the committee investigating air mail contracts, sat in the front row. Other front seats were taken by other legal lights of the Senate—Lawyers King of Utah, McCarran of Nevada, Robinson of Arkansas, Borah of Idaho, Johnson of California. McNary of Oregon, Logan of Kentucky, Wagner of New York, Barkley...

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