Word: capitols
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Something had to be done fast in Foggy Bottom. Already, Republicans on Capitol Hill and plain citizens everywhere were crying that MacArthur had been sacked to appease Britain. Brusquely the State Department announced: "The United States recognizes the National Government of China and has not and does not contemplate discussions with the Peking regime regarding the Japanese peace settlement." And, even though the British hadn't brought the subject up, State added: "The United States has vigorously opposed the admission of the Peking regime to the United Nations. We shall continue to follow that policy." Actually, this was pretty...
...White House quivered with righteous indignation. Said Press Secretary Joe Short: "The President thinks that the recording of telephone conversations is outrageous." Next day-the day that he was also busy firing MacArthur-Harry Truman was right back on Tobey's wire. He, like some Capitol Hill reporters, had heard that Tobey was talking impeachment over the RFC affair. No, said Tobey, he had intended "nothing of the sort." Replied Truman: "I've gotten that information from a source in whom I have the most complete confidence . . . Now let me tell you this, Senator. If you want...
...Pearson charged, in a $3,100,000 damage suit, that the Times-Herald was in league with Wisconsin's Senator Joe McCarthy and others to ruin him (TIME, March 12). Then a congressional investigating committee called Bazy, Assistant Managing Editor Garvin Tankersley, and other T-H staffers to Capitol Hill to explain why they published a composite picture showing Maryland's Senator Millard Tydings and Communist Earl Browder together (TIME, March...
They never have to wait long. In the aging brick office of the Oregon Statesman, seven blocks downtown from the state capitol in Salem, Publisher Charles Arthur Sprague has probably already tapped out his views for the next day's "It Seems to Me" column. Twenty years of such thoughtful, solid editorial guidance has given 63-year-old Republican Charlie Sprague the prestige of an elder statesman, made the Statesman, despite its small (15,940) circulation, one of the clearest voices in the Pacific Northwest...
Whoops & Whistles. Last week Patti was proving her drawing power in the nation's capital. When the master of ceremonies introduced her ("the singing rage, Miss Patti Page"), Washington's big Capitol Theater rocked with wolf cries, whistles and cheers. In the wings, pretty, 23-year-old Patti, radiant in an orchid-colored strapless gown, sidetracked her gum back in her jaw, took a deep breath, switched on a neon smile and glided onstage...