Business & Finance: Senator

Just back from a trip to Europe, Senator Thomas Terry (“Tom”) Connally last week held forth to Washington newshawks in his syrupy Texas drawl: “These fellows high in business don’t know anything more about things than the man in the street. … If the Government had not got into business there would be no business today. As soon as the businessman sees a slight improvement he keeps shouting, ‘The Government must get out of business.’ Businessmen do nothing but bellyache.”