For the first time since the Cradle of Liberty first rocked, a woman spoke in Faneuil Hall, Boston, on Independence Day. She was U. S. Representative (Mrs.) Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts, and during her address the cradle rocked again. As became a good Republican, she praised Herbert Clark Hoover. Then, to the surprise of some Bostonians and the delight of others, she said: "I am going to speak of Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York. He, too, came of the people. . . . America gave him his chance and he grasped it. He has made good use of...
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