The Daily Alaska Empire

Feud Hits Children
The world's underprivileged children will get no money from the U.S.A.—All because of a Tennessee feud and because Wisconsin's well-intentioned Senator Alexander Wiley got so bombastic that he woke up feudist Senator Kenneth McKellar.
Since the children's aid measure was not on the Senate schedule, the rules provided that it could not pass without unanimous consent. This was requested by Tennessee's junior Senator Estes Kefauver and was just about to be granted. But suddenly Nebraska's Senator Kenneth Wherry broke in, explaining he had no objections but wanted an explanation of the bill first.
Wiley offered to make the explanation and got all wound up in his own oratory. Kefauver pulled at Wiley's coattail a couple of times to shut him up, but the Wisconsin Senator boomed on and on.
His speechmaking finally woke up the Senate's grandpa, McKellar of Tennessee, who had been dozing in his seat. Disturbed, he grumpily began whispering around to find out what was going on, learned that Kefauver was behind the bill. That was enough. Aid to thousands of children made no difference. McKellar hates Kefauver so ferociously that he won't even allow his staff to mention Kefauver's name.
So, after Wiley's eloquent speech, McKellar snorted: "I am compelled to object and do object."
The stunned Wiley explained that the children's aid bill had already been approved in principle by McKellar's own appropriations committee. But the surly Senator from Tennessee mumbled that his committee had been given the "runaround." Then, in a tone indicating he didn't wish to discuss it any further, he rasped again: "I am compelled to object."
That ended it. There will be no aid to children despite the huge amounts of food stored in our caves and warehouses.