Small but potent is the silver bloc of the Senate. Last week President Roosevelt had its most rampant members to the White House in an effort to persuade them to lay aside a piece of legislation which has become the heart and soul of a new crusade by Congressional inflationists.
As passed by the House the Dies bill authorized the Government to accept silver from foreign nations above the world market price in payment for U. S. agricultural surpluses. When the Senate Agriculture Committee got through with the bill, surpluses became a secondary...
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