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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Meanwhile, for the first time, Virginia's powerful and respected Senator Harry Byrd delivered a pointed attack on Mc-Carthyism. "Mr. Matthews," he said, "should give names and facts to sustain his charge or stand convicted as a cheap demagogue, willing to blacken the character of his fellow Americans for his own notoriety and personal gain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Joe's Bloody Nose | 7/20/1953 | See Source »

Edward E. Goodale, Arctic explorer who was a sled dog driver for Admiral Byrd, and who went within 300 miles of the South Polye. Hamilton Heard, treasurer of Northeastern Airlines. Ralph W. Hemminger, vice-President of the Bankers Trust of New York. Mark A. DeWolfe Howe, Harvard professor of Law and a Civil Liberties leader. Robert I. Hunneman, prominent Boston lawyer and a trustee of Radcliffe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Roster of Returning Class Holds Many Famous Names | 6/8/1953 | See Source »

...Senate Armed Services subcommittee, tracking down ammunition shortages (TIME, March 16 et seg.), rendered a blistering judgment last week against the Truman Administration. A majority report, signed by Republicans Margaret Chase Smith, Robert C. Hendrickson, John Sherman Cooper and Democrat Harry Byrd, agreed that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Needless Loss | 6/1/1953 | See Source »

Virginia's economy-minded Senator Harry Byrd added up some new figures from the Administration last week and hustled out a press release. In March, Byrd reported, the Federal Government lopped 20,135 civilian employees off its payroll, the biggest cut in any month since the Korean war began. Most (17,859) of those dropped were in the Department of Defense, which at the end of March still had more civilian employees (1,303,534) than all other Government departments combined. Total federal civilian employment after the 20,135 had departed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Minus 20,135 | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

...Byrd Mass was followed by two suites for strings and continue, one by the 17th century English composer John Jenkins and the other by Francois Couperin. The pleasing, simply-constructed movements of the Jenkins were given a graceful rendition by Anne Gombosi, violin; August Wenzinger, a visiting lecturer from Switzerland; Stephen McGhee, viola da gamba and John Dvison, harpsichord. But the Couperin is quite a notch above the Jenkins musically, and Mr. Wenzinger's virtuoso performance further augmented the excellent impression it made. Because of the elaborate ornamental conventions of the period in which it was written, a great part...

Author: By Alexander Gelley, | Title: Music Club | 5/6/1953 | See Source »

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