Monday, Mar. 25, 1940
Revolt
A Senate torn by an effort to make politics pure continued last week to ignore a resolution by New Hampshire's stubborn Charles W. Tobey. Mr. Tobey wanted the Senate to deplore the Census Bureau's income and personal questions. Flying in Mr. Tobey's direction came a brickbat from Franklin Roosevelt, a concession from Commerce Secretary Harry Hopkins. Snapped Mr. Roosevelt, touchy last week with a cold: "For the first time . . . a U. S. Senator has openly advised the American people to violate the law." Mr. Hopkins, still ill and away from his desk for the eighth month, ruled that bashful citizens may mail in answers to personal questions. Not to be won over, Mr. Tobey barked: "Shades of Hitler!"
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