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...irreconcilable, tigerish Jim Reed, the 1939 President faced only relatively mild characters like Missouri's Bennett Clark, North Dakota's Nye, North Carolina's clownish Reynolds (see p. 16), and Henry Cabot Lodge II, bright but time-abiding. The great Isolationists of yore, Idaho's Borah and California's Johnson, were still on the scene (although Borah had grippe last week) but neither of these packs the punch with today's Senators that he did with yesterday's. Yet to defend the most adventurous President since Wilson, the only major figures in sight...
...Capitol Hill, two deans of the Senate, Lewis of Illinois and Borah of Idaho, arose to support this view. They were joined by rowdy Bob Reynolds of North Carolina, who exclaimed: "We should wash behind our ears before telling other nations of the world to take a bath...
Oklahoma's longwinded Thomas led off for the Administration. Senator Borah was to follow him, Leader Barkley to conclude. Mr. Borah looked worried as the gentleman from Oklahoma droned on & on, about his favorite theme: printing press money. But Mr. Barkley remained serene even when Senator Thomas used up all his side's time and Messrs. Borah & Barkley could not speak...
...Tokyo last week a Japanese naval spokesman barked: ". . . Placing a gun against a neighbor's door. . . . Nothing but advanced bases for long distance attack upon Japan." In Washington Congressmen, including Idaho's Senator William E. Borah, grumbled their doubts, signaled tough going for the Guam plans...
When it came to questioning, the examiners were no match for their witness. Nevada's tawny old Pat McCarran was confounded by the Professor's Socratic questions. Asked by Senator Borah how the Civil Liberties Union stood on Communism, the Professor neatly replied, "So far as I know it has no attitude except to carry out its function of seeing that Communists get their Constitutional rights, along with Henry Ford, the Nazis and the Klan." Climax came when, pointing his finger at McCarran, Lawyer Frankfurter said slowly and succinctly...