Sarah Catherine Holmes wrote:
 
> 2)  Pound makes reference to a "Gamaliel."  I think he's talking about the Bibl
> ical character, but I'm wondering ifthere was someone else with that name that
> he could have known/heard about.
 
Most likely Warren Gamaliel Harding, the much tarnished president of the
Teapot Dome scandal.
 
I am very curious about Pound's attitude towards "Gamaliel". Did he
echo the sentiments of the day concerning Harding? Or, was he
sympathetic to "Gamaliel"?
 
The "hard boiled" newspaper editor might have been Mencken.