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...Else?" As a Congressman, Javits' voting record was independent liberal and not always in line with the G.O.P.'s newly won majority in the 80th Congress. He voted against the Mundt-Nixon anti-subversive bill and against funds for the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He also voted for aid to Greece and Turkey in their fight against Communism, for the establishment of the Voice of America and for an unsuccessful bill to outlaw state poll taxes. "We thank God for Javits," exulted a Democratic leader, "because in a tight spot we can almost always count...
...Kettering, Ohio (pop. 38,118), more than 1,000 people, headed by scientists, industrialists and Government officials, honored Charles F. Kettering, a big wheel in the invention of the self-starter, ethyl gasoline and the diesel engine for locomotives, on his 80th birthday. The man who is credited with contributing more to the automobile industry than anyone else said that at 80 he felt "no different than I felt at 40," demonstrated he felt spry enough to take a few turns around the dance floor with Mrs. Charles E. Wilson, wife of his oldtime associate at General Motors...
...decade had warmed up on Happy Days Are Here Again, Harry rose to demonstrate for the Stevensonian moderates just how he thinks a candidate should preach the Democratic truth. "Fellow farm sufferers . . ." he began. "In 1948 we had a Republican Congress-remember, it was the notorious, do-nothing 80th Congress . . . and that Republican Congress tried to block everything the Democratic President was trying to do for the people . . . This year we have a Democratic Congress and a Republican President. And the Congress has been trying to help the farmers while the President has put roadblocks in its way . . . [Eisenhower] deserves...
...party loyalist and a skilled compromiser of divergent opinions, Hall ventured into national politics. In Thomas E. Dewey's 1944 presidential race he managed the Republicans' national Speakers Bureau, booking Republican speeches all over the U.S. During the 80th Congress he chaired and drastically reorganized the Congressional Campaign Committee. Three years later he ran into the biggest political fight of his career by refusing to vote for repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act. William De Koning, Nassau County's racketeering labor boss, called on Hall in a rage. Hall still quivers with indignation when he recalls...
...major occasion was saved for March 11, Sunday-a combined celebration of the Pope's 80th birthday and the 17th anniversary of his reign. Special missions from 25 countries will join in a Special Pontifical High Mass in St. Peter's, and there will be outdoor ceremonies for some 80,000 representatives of Catholic Action and other groups. As an extra tribute to the Pope, who has done so much to bring his church to the workingman, the cornerstone will be laid for a new church in Rome, dedicated to honor Pius' 80th birthday. The name Pius...