Smoot-Hawley<\/em> tariffs were signed into law by Herbert Hoover, but as noted with regard to swine flu, the Gentlelady from Stillwater isn’t so clear on when things happened.<\/p>\nIncidentally, then-Sen. Reed Smoot, R-Utah, the co-author of the bill, also was a great opponent of pornography. This predilection inspired Ogden Nash to write one of my favorite poems, which is included below the fold.<\/p>\n
(SMOOT PLANS TARIFF BAN ON IMPROPER BOOKS – News Item)<\/p>\n
Senator Smoot (Republican, Ut.)
\nIs planning a ban on smut.
\nOh rooti-ti-toot for Smoot of Ut.
\nAnd his reverend occiput.
\nSmite, Smoot, smite for Ut.,
\nGrit your molars and do your dut.,
\nGird up your l__ns,
\nSmite h_p and th_gh,
\nWe’ll all be Kansas
\nBy and by.<\/p>\n
Smite, Smoot, for the Watch and Ward,
\nFor Hiram Johnson and Henry Ford,
\nFor Bishop Cannon and John D., Junior,
\nFor ex-Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvunia,
\nFor John S. Sumner and Elder Hays
\nAnd possibly Edward L. Bernays,
\nFor Orville Poland and Ella Boole,
\nFor Mother Machree and the Shelton pool.
\nWhen smut’s to be smitten
\nSmoot will smite
\nFor G-d, for country,
\nAnd Fahrenheit.<\/p>\n
Senator Smoot is an institute
\nNot to be bribed with pelf;
\nHe guards our homes from erotic tomes
\nBy reading them all himself.
\nSmite, Smoot, smite for Ut.,
\nThey’re smuggling smut from Balt. to Butte!
\nStrongest and sternest
\nOf your s_x
\nScatter the scoundrels
\nFrom Can. to Mex!<\/p>\n
Smite, Smoot, for Smedley Butler,
\nFor any good man by the name of Cutler,
\nSmite for the W.C.T.U,
\nFor Rockne’s team and for Leader’s crew,
\nFor Florence Coolidge and Admiral Byrd,
\nFor Billy Sunday and John D., Third,
\nFor Grantland Rice and for Albie Booth,
\nFor the Woman’s Auxiliary of Duluth,
\nSmite, Smoot,
\nBe rugged and rough,
\nSmut if smitten
\nIs front-page stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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