"Before the adjournment of Congress, will you be good enough to extend to the Senate my regards and good wishes? I hope that during the coming months all of you will have a happy vacation."
This little note from the President, addressed to Mr. Garner, was read to the Senate last week. A few minutes later that body adjourned, ending a session which will be remembered in history less for what it accomplished than for a futile six-month rumpus over the Supreme Court.
Day before the end, Pennsylvania's Senator Joseph Guffey called at the White House. That evening he made...
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