Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...people were not responsible for this postponement. A recent Gallup poll reported that 54% of the people favor a 2% sales tax now. Neither was Congress responsible. Most Congressmen recognized that the argument against a sales tax in peacetime-that it restricts the living standards of the masses-is the strong argument...
Sipping water from a glass, champing a dead cigar, Winston Churchill flatly told Congressional leaders that Egypt would hold; Alexandria and Suez would be held. There was other reassuring talk. The Congressmen left, radiating optimism. Next day's headlines: ROMMEL 60 MILES IN EGYPT. Next day's: ROMMEL 100 MILES IN EGYPT. The Congressmen began to wonder...
What hurts Congress are Henderson's non-political appointments. Yet Congressmen are infuriated at hints that they want to get their hands on the fat jobs. Stormed Jed Johnson: "These patronage stories sound very much like Henderson propaganda for the purpose of bailing him out with the public and making him appear as a martyr. The present Price Administrator apparently enjoys his role as he poses as a bully and a bluffer, a self-inflated bureaucrat who evidently envisions himself as a dictator...
...stayed-half a dozen out of some 33 on the staff-but these were not enough. A few Congressmen were amused, tried waiting on themselves. Others were outraged...
...have to follow through. On the other hand, as he cagily mentioned last week, "A lot of personalities are being chewed up around here, but the trouble is I don't chew so damn easy." So far, the public has shown more appetite for chewing on Congressmen than on their Price Administrator...