HARDING DISGUSTED WITH HOUSE LEADERS
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On August 12, 1921, Carter Field writes that President Warren G. Harding is "disgusted" with leaders of the House of Representatives who are delaying the Dye embargo and railroad relief measures.
An unnamed cabinet officer stated bluntly...
"The men standing in the way...ought to be plastered. They ought to be held up before the country for just what they are."
Since "certain senators who are bitterly opposed to the dye embargo would talk it to death," the logical way to keep the measure in place, according to Mr. Field's reporting, is to continue the Emergency Relief Bill for a "certain period of time."
SOURCE
"Harding Urged To Rebuke Men Blocking Policy," by Carter Field, The New York Tribune, August 13, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
