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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1929
Page
4
A fragmented report covers Elinor Saath, age seventeen, surviving in freezing winds in an open airplane over Long Island, breaking a female endurance record by one hour. It discusses radio’s value, public schooling, and calls for school radios while touching on Hoover’s cabinet and canal debates.
Columbia report outlines Senator Cole L. Blease signaling no bid for governor and plans to seek another Senate term. It notes Hoover camp and old-line Democrats lean toward renomination, with Tolbert upbeat about Washington conditions while Dominick’s federal bench chances perk interest.
A survey of legislators reveals diverse hobbies from fishing rainbow trout to fox hunting. Senators Findley Ginn Gray Greene Hammond and chaplain Funderburk are noted for hobbies, while Representatives Budgets include hunting operations farming talk violin playing and bridge. Some specify rabbits and grandkids as favored pastimes.
A critical view argues government funds at low interest sustain private stestoship firms under war pretense and relief for farmers, labeling paternalism as Sovietism. The piece suggests subsidies and grants flow to railroads and private entities, making peasants bear costs while Congress and private power align with corporate interests.
The article notes a move to transfer liquor enforcement from Treasury to Justice, with William J Mitchell as new Attorney General. It claims Mitchell brings no record of achievement yet pledges an effective liquor law enforcement, presenting the change as apolitic and reformist under a Western Democrat.
Washington observers say Hoover's cabinet lacks popular appeal and bold personalities. Only Good is seen as an insider, Mellon is trusted by business but not masses, while Wilbur Hyde Lamont Adams and Brown remain largely unknown or politically cautious. Mitchell disappoints progressives who wanted a Southern Democrat.
Representative-elect Louis Ludlow criticizes expanding government inspections and suggests private business should police itself. He notes thousands of convictions and fines, and argues legislative power shifts to the Supreme Court and a few departments, while questioning accountability for wartime regulation.
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