Last week Vice President Charles Curtis was 70. The Senate celebrated with speeches. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon gave him a birthday dinner party. The Senate festivities started when New York's Senator Copeland, a physician, predicted that the Vice President was still physically good for many another year of service. South Carolina's Senator Blease hoped he would become President. Alabama's Senator Heflin called the Curtis career an "inspiration to youth" while Indiana's Senator Watson likened him to a "veritable Gibraltar."
Replied Vice President Curtis from the rostrum: "I love each and every one...
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