Word: byrds
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...They were three Democrats: New Mexico's Carl Hatch, Virginia's Harry Byrd and Louisiana's Allen J. Ellender; and three Republicans: New Jersey's H. Alexander Smith, Ohio's Robert A. Taft and Minnesota's Joseph Ball...
...Virginia's Harry Byrd was sleeping soundly in a back seat. The rest of the bruised and weary Senate waited only for the collapse of the Langer charge. An hour later, it came-the Senate voted 56-to-12 to squelch his first amendment...
Celebrities from all corners of the nation are gathering for the battle, with late arrivals including President Truman, Tommy Manville, Rose La Rose, Earl Wilson, Colonel Robert R. McCormick, Senator Theodore G. Bilbo, J. Barnuman Bailey, and Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Preparations to hold all the spectators are still proceeding at the Stadium; temporary cheering stands with built-in flags are going up through the night...
...Drunk with Power." Congressmen thundered denunciation of Lewis. Cried Virginia's Senator Harry Byrd: "[He is] drunk with power." Illinois' Senator Scott Lucas, usually on labor's side, said: "If this Government has not the power to outlaw strikes of this character, then this Government has no power of self-preservation...
...Received a recommendation from the joint committee headed by Virginia's Harry Byrd that the federal payroll be reduced by 2,000,000 people from its V-J day peak...