Word: carl
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...recalled, 128 Democrats joined with 65 Republicans to put across, by a single vote, the three-year reciprocal trade bill that expires this year. But in recession year 1958, with Congressmen worried about competition from foreign imports, a recent secret poll taken by Democratic House Whip Carl Albert showed only go-plus Democrats willing to support the bill...
...right, Gen'l," drawled Georgia Democrat Carl Vinson, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. "Come on." Replied Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Nathan F. Twining, trailing Vinson into the Congressman's private office: "Yes, sir." Twenty minutes later, Carl Vinson emerged, hat on head and cane in hand, and tossed a final instruction over his shoulder. "Fix it up," said he, "so I can read it tomorrow." With that, he went home, leaving Nate Twining to work on a revised version of the Eisenhower Administration's plan for reorganizing the Defense Department...
...captain Pete Reider swept the Indians; the hammer, which Dunc Johnson won with a throw of 154 feet, 8 1/4 inches, with Jim Doty second; the broad jump, with Henry Wente second to Downs; and the pole vault, where Dick Williams won at 11 feet, 6 inches, with Carl Pescosolido second...
...yesterday elected Theodore H. Elliott '57-4 president. Guido DiMeo '60 was re-named treasurer, and Carl Pescosolido '59 was elected clerk...
About Face. Then came the committee's ammunition. First, by letter (at Carl Vinson's invitation) arrived the anti-reorganization opinions of Washington Lawyer H. Struve Hensel, 56, onetime (1944) Navy Department general counsel, onetime (1945-46) Assistant Secretary of the Navy for material procurement, longtime Navy-oriented opponent of military unification. Hensel's point: the new proposals would veer U.S. military organization 180°, from a Joint Chiefs setup geared to planning to an area concerned wholly with command. "The chairman [of the Joint Chiefs would] be the only adequately informed top official; the civilian heads...