Since Aug. 5, Representative Thomas Francis Ford of California had kept his temper. This was a record for Mr. Ford. But last week he blew his top, with cause, over the treatment of the Price Control Bill.
A lank, dour fellow, with a face like a withered apricot, a sandy-grey pompadour, and a thundering disdain for anything Republican, Representative Ford is one of the shortest-tempered men in the House. He has been a 1,000% New Dealer ever since he came to Congress in 1933, after ten years of editing the literary page of the anti-New Deal Los Angeles Times.
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