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July 31, 1928

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PITTMAN DECLARES DEMOCRATS OPPOSE LOW TARIFF POLICY; Senator Cites, in Answer to Smoot Attack, Party's History of Pledges Kept. HAILS THE HOUSTON PLANK He Points to Demand for Duty to Protect All Industry as Promise of Prosperity. WILSON RECORD RECALLED Reserve Bank and Farm Loan Acts Listed Among the Aids to Economic Stability. Points to the Present Plank. Says Business Has No Fear. SAYS DEMOCRATS OPPOSE LOW TARIFF Recalls Party's Recent Record.

By Special to The New York Times

Says Dems have abandoned low tariff policy

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Bill Frenzel

1928Bill Frenzel, American lieutenant and politician (died 2014)[†]

William Eldridge Frenzel was an American politician and businessman who represented Minnesota's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1991. A member of the Republican Party, Frenzel previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1963 to 1971.