Thoroughly vexed by the conduct of their colleague, South Carolina's Ellison D. Smith. Senate Democrats last week used legislative force upon him. Leader Robinson proposed to discharge from Senator Smith's Agriculture Committee the nomination of Rexford Guy Tugwell to be Undersecretary of Agriculture. Only then did the Senate win a promise that the promotion of the President's chief braintruster from a $7,500 to a $10,000-a-year job would be reported.
But ponderous Senator Smith had his revenge. Before reporting he haled Dr. Tugwell before his committee for an inquisition on two points: How...
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