National Affairs: Fess Incident

When the little bald man went into the President's office, White House newsgatherers paid no special attention. That particular little bald man was always going into the President's office. He was President Coolidge's great & good friend, Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, who used to be a college president* and still looks like one though he long since mastered the art of big politics—mastered it so well that he has come to be regarded as President Coolidge's mouthpiece on the Senate floor. President Coolidge once tried to dispel this aura from Senator...

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