The Washington times., 1922-06-04
TWO SENATORS
QUARREL OVER
QUEEN Of SHEbA
Calder Alleges overman Took
Advantage of the Lady
BY Misquotations.
READS CHAPTER IN BIBLE.
Coolidge in Solomon's Role
Stops Row Begun Over
Federal Resc-.a Board.
BY H. X. REYNOLDS.

r. When Senators resort to BIBLICAL
quotations to prove their points
IN heated debate the results are
not always as satisfactory as
might be expected.
The Queen of Sheba and King
Solomon figured in the Senate's
nlstest Scriptural colloduy.
Calder Calls Him.
Senator Overman Of North Caro-
ifna, had quoted from the Bible in
an effort to prove that the Federal
|, Reserve Board was performing an
act of 'folly and extravaganza" In
spending several million dollars to
erect a new bank building In New
" days later Senator Calder,
" York, always alert to get
hing that's coming to the EN-
state, rose in the Senate and
hat he wanted to call that
attention to a letter which
)or Overman had read into the
,rd.
1t was a very interesting docu.
ent, written by John Shelton Will
ms, and having to do with a criti-
Ism of the Federal Reserve Bank at
New York" Calder began. I'm that
letter Mr.. Williams quoted Script
ure. The quotation was taken from
an interview which apparently oc-
CURED between the Queen Of Sheba
and King Solomon. The quotation
given by Mr. Williams is from the
First Book of Kings. tenth chapter.
sixth and seventh verses, and reads.
according to his revised version:
The Revised Version.
"It was a true report that heard
In mine own land of thy acts.
Howbeit. believed not the words
until came and mine eyes had seen
II; and. behold. the half was not told
me-"
Senator Calder said that he felt
sure that the Junior Senator from
North Carolina (Mr. Overmanl, who
Is himself a great Bible student.
would never have even brought the
attention of the Senate to this mat.
ter IL he had not had 1t called di.
rectly to his attention"
AS quoted by the Senator from
North Carolina" Calder continued,
the sixth verse reads:
And she said to the king: It was
q true report that I heard in mine
own land of thy acts
The two verses as they actually
appear in chapter ten. First Book OF
Kings, are as follows:
g. And she said TO the king: It
Tavaa
mine own land of thy acts and Of
thy wisdom.
"'7. Howbeit, believed not the
words; until came. and mine eyes
had seen it; and, behold, the half was
not told ne
Then this was left out:
thy wisdom and pros
perity exceedeth the fame which I
heard"
Calder then told the Senate that
Williams had remarkable faculty
Tor supporting his arguments by
use of half truths or ten per cent
truths" and said that he CwillIams)
did not hesitate to suppress all
facts and figures which would tend
to disprove his statements"
Calder Flags Williams.
He uses only those which suit his
Immediate purpose" Calder contin-
ued. 1T seems that even when he
quotes from the Bible he does not
hesitate to expunge words from the
text in order to suit himself. In
order to draw parallel between the
alleged extravaganza and magnifi.
cence of the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York with that of Solomon
~he undertakes to change the mean
ing Of the verses quoted by leaving
out the portion which refers to the
wisdom of Solomon.
He Is, of course unwilling to con-
eede that there has been any wis
dom or judgment whatever In the
administration Of the Federal Re-
serve system"
Calder thought 1t would be inter
esting to quote part Of chapter
ten which preceded the two verses
he had already Quoted. These were:
''She Came 10 Prove Him."
81. And when the Queen Of Sheba
heard of the fame Of Solomon con-