Word: celler
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...select committee, chaired by Brooklyn's Emanuel Celler, dean of the House, had proposed public censure, loss of all seniority and a $40,000 fine -but not exclusion. Powell's "wrongdoing," said Celler, "does not rise to the heights of malevolence such as treason...
...first key vote came on a motion to preclude amendments to Celler's resolution; if it failed, the way would be open for an amendment demanding Powell's exclusion. The motion was defeated 222 to 202, with the opposition composed of Southerners, border-state Democrats, a handful of Northern Democrats and Republicans from all sections of the country. The next test was on a Republican motion to substitute exclusion for the punishment proposed by Celler. Gaining strength, the anti-Powell group won this round 248 to 176. On the final vote, to actually bar Powell from the 90th...
...They noted that Powell had, after all, been re-elected in November by a 74% majority in a constituency that was fully aware of his record. If he chooses to enter the special election in Harlem's 18th District, he will undoubtedly win and return, as Celler said, "to haunt the House." Though the wording of the exclusion measure seems to bar Powell for the duration of the 90th Congress, the presentation of a new election certificate would probably force the House to act again to exclude...
Stop & Go. Indeed, another futile bombing pause aimed at improving the prospects for peace could have precisely the opposite effect. "With every cessation of bombing," observed New York Representative Emanuel Celler, "the hopes of our people for peace rose, only to be dashed by the negation of peace by the North Vietnamese." Because such frustration only intensifies demands for escalating the war, he said, "it is foolhardy to play with the emotions of our people by continued stop-and-go signs." To U.S. military planners, more than emotions are involved. A pause, said General William C. Westmoreland, the U.S. commander...
...Powell and some of his staff had "wrongfully" appropriated at least $46,226. It also suggested that his salary be docked $1,000 a month (out of $2,500), so that the easy-payment restitution would run into the next Congress. Actually, the committee, chaired by Brooklyn Democrat Emanuel Celler, 78, "dean" of the House, settled for a compromise. All nine members signed it, but Florida Democrat Claude Pepper went on record in favor of excluding Powell, while Michigan Democrat John Conyers, a Negro, maintained that severe censure would be sufficient penalty. What Powell will do remains uncertain. At week...