Word: celler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...least two generations earlier; the idea of sexual equality under the law is hardly novel in the U.S. Every year since 1923, some form of the amendment has been introduced in the House. For the past 22 years, however, the House Judiciary Committee, headed by New York Democrat Emanuel Celler, has bottled up the amendment without even bothering to hold hearings...
Prying the resolution loose from the normally indomitable Celler, a 48-year veteran of the House, was primarily the achievement of Michigan's Martha Griffiths (see box). The job took her 15 years-Mrs. Griffiths began working for the amendment as a freshman in 1955. She won ultimately by persuading the House to support a rarely used parliamentary device, the discharge petition, which forces a measure out of committee onto the House floor...
...from the N.A.A.C.P. and the A.F.L.-C.l.O. for it. During the debate, the G.O.P.'s respected William Mc-Culloch of Ohio warned the House that a "no" vote would mean that "the most effective civil rights law in our nation's history will be emasculated.'' Celler was now as strongly in favor of the package as he had been opposed to the 18-year-old vote provision standing alone. Said one cynical observer: "Some of the boys threw a net over Manny and explained the facts of life...
...firms are created, one with and one without the congressional partner. The Congressman's firm takes no cases that involve appearances before federal agencies, because that is illegal. Instead, it refers such business to the partner firm. Two Representatives who have participated in double-door practices are Emanuel Celler, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Jacob Gilbert, both of New York. Among those on the banking committee who hold bank offices or have financial interests in banks back home are William Chappell of Florida, Thomas Rees of California and Robert Stephens of Georgia. To avoid these and other possible...
...Ling now finds himself trying to explain a company that is so complicated that some of his own bankers admit they do not grasp it. For several weeks, Ling has also been trying to tell his story to a congressional committee that is investigating conglomerate mergers. When Representative Emanuel Celler charged that LTV's debts exceed its salable assets by $171 million, Ling replied that the consolidated balance sheet was "not really meaningful." He reasoned that LTV's interests in some subsidiaries, including Braniff International Airlines and Okonite, a wire and cable maker, were undervalued because control...