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The Silent Speaker
The Silent Speaker is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1946. It was published just after World War II, and key plot elements reflect the lingering effects of the war: housing shortages and restrictions on consumer goods, including government regulation of prices, featuring the conflict between a federal price regulatory body and a national business association, paralleling the conflicts between the Office of Price Administration and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers.
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- Frank H. Drenning (Sep 1866-Sep 1868) (Wathena)
- Jacob Stotler (Apr 1864-Sep 1866) (Emporia) (Speaker of the House (1865))
- Sidney Clarke (Oct 1863-Apr 1864) (Lawrence) (U.S. Representative (1865-1871))
- Chester Thomas (