To the public generally, a Senate investigation means a scandal hunt. Last week, however, in the Senate Office Building in Washington began an investigation which seemed to have no particular scandal in mind: The subject was unemployment and the master of ceremonies was South Carolina's amiable Senator James F. Byrnes. Said he: "It is not the purpose of this committee to endeavor to show that either labor or capital deliberately brought about the present recession in business." As evidence of good intentions, Jimmy Byrnes pointed out that his committee had been appointed six...
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