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Washington Letter Highlights Cannon Fight and Government Costs
Special correspondent recalls Speaker Cannon’s tense bid to preserve control in the House amid a long session. The piece notes soaring federal office rents in Washington, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing safeguards, and the President’s ailing wife. It also covers sorgum seed fraud in agriculture and the pending Standard Oil Supreme Court argument with a June decision unlikely.
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