Word: bilbo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...record of the 80th Congress is one of Bob Taft's credentials for his candidacy, and he made the most of it. The first Republican Congress since 1931 was organized, he said, "without friction and without Bilbo." With few exceptions, "differences within the party were reconciled in the party interest." Despite criticism from "Communists, New Dealers, the C.I.O. . . . and those modern planners who do not really approve of Congress at all," the 80th passed more important laws than any previous Congress...
...dramatic demonstrations of national unity than the 80th's record on foreign affairs. For that record, Arthur Vandenberg was largely responsible. And Congress had demonstrated resolution in some of its handling of domestic affairs. The Republicans had begun the session by refusing to seat Senator Theodore ("The Man") Bilbo, Mississippi's evangelist of racial discrimination. In passing and then re-passing the Taft-Hartley labor bill over the President's veto, Republicans and Democrats both (but mainly Republicans) had ignored the clamor from labor and also from the extreme right. The 80th had re-established the sovereignty...
...affecting the whole world. I call it poison." Pat: "It seems to be worse in India." Gandhi: "Is it? I don't think [so]. . . . Perhaps life is now more secure in India than in the rest of the world." The Mississippi sailor came away impressed. Said he: "Bilbo always sent word that he was too busy...
...people back home heard everything we said in the Senate," Mississippi's Senator Bilbo once blurted, "I wouldn't get re-elected and neither would some of my highfalutin colleagues...
...Bilbo, at least this time, spoke for the majority. His is one ample reason why the regular sessions of Congress have never been broadcast. Thus far, only special sessions and important committee meetings have gone on the air. But according to a poll last week, in Pageant magazine, Congress is beginning to change its mind. After sampling the views of some 70 legislators, Pollster J. H. Pollock reported that 61% of them were quite willing to have microphones at their benches; only 33% were opposed; 6% were still mulling it over...