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". . . It is apparently expected that the cupidity of these towns and sections will demand that their Congressmen and Senators vote for this bill or threaten to penalize them if they fail to join in this squandering of money. . . . Our nation was not founded on the pork barrel, and it has not become great by political logrolling!"
Back snapped Speaker Garner: "It would be just as logical to refer to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation act as a 'pork barrel' for the banks, insurance companies, railroads and financial institutions of the country. . . . The Democrats did not expect to receive real co-operation from the President in any manner benefiting the masses. . . ."
¶A famed feature of President Hoover's legend is his fondness for children. Last week, shepherded by the manager of the bus line which brought them from Detroit, Clifford (10), Irene (n) and Bernice Feagan (13) arrived at the White House. Their father, a refrigerator mechanic, was held in Detroit on a Federal charge of stealing an automobile from a St. Joseph, Mo. piano tuner seven months ago. The father's plea was that he had taken the car to Detroit with the owner's consent to sell it.
Admitted to the President's office, the Feagans stated their case, told how they had persuaded the Governor of Michigan to defer extradition. They wanted President Hoover to use his influence to release Father Feagan.
President Hoover, 'father of two, assured his visitors: "Well, you can go home cheerful. When there are three little kiddies pleading for their daddy the way you did they can rest assured that if I possibly can I will send your father home to you."
The Department of Justice ordered Father Feagan released on his own recognizance, pending investigation.