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...than half empty; the press doodled or played word-puzzles in the press gallery. Shockproof to the familiar roar of the Isolationists' big guns, the reporters sat up and took notice only when two new cannoneers appeared: homespun, silent William John Bulow of South Dakota, glib, emotional Dennis Chavez of New Mexico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Brass Tacks | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

More eloquently spoke Dennis Chavez. Indeed, so eloquent was he that for many minutes no one could guess which side he was on. Then in a punch-line finish he deserted the Administration, pledged himself to fight against embargo repeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Brass Tacks | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

...very ardent and devoted reader of TIME, I believe that a gross injustice has been done to the people of the State of New Mexico because of your undignified and, certainly, unwarranted misnomer of Senator Chavez. May I venture to say, Mr. Editor, that Senator Chavez' ancestors were upon the American continent, that is now the United States of America, prior to the time that your forefathers were here. . . . This reflects no discredit upon you, or anyone else, as there are thousands of loyal American citizens who cannot trace their ancestry to the early Spanish colonists in the Southwest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 28, 1939 | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

...BROTHER, STATE JUDGE] DAVID CHAVEZ JR. Santa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 28, 1939 | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

...Chavez as "unadmired," in contradistinction to admired Senator Hatch, TIME had in mind the Senate's estimate of the two men. The day Mr. Chavez was sworn in to the Senate, a group of that body's most distinguished members (Norris, Johnson, Nye, La Follette, Shipstead) pointedly left the chamber. That Senator Chavez is tea-colored, like the good U. S. constituents who elect him, is neither disgraceful nor untrue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 28, 1939 | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

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