Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...will note that this letter is signed by General Martinez as a simple citizen and not as President of the Republic. Contrast his attitude with that of the fuss made by our Senators and Congressmen and others in position over "X" cards, so well described in the last two or three Air-Express editions of TIME...
...been cut by the Budget Bureau to 60,000. Of this, said OPA, only about 15,000 will be price cops, the rest clerks. This will set only one price cop to watch every 1,500 stores. Last week it seemed that Congress might whittle the force some more. Congressmen were angry and disappointed because Leon Henderson had failed to "consult" them on appointments. Regional and State administrators turned out to be strangely nonpolitical, in many cases not even good New Deal Democrats. There was one notable exception: in Kentucky, after a stubborn fight with non-politics-minded...
Curly-haired Pat Boland hardly ever talked in the House, worked quietly in the halls and cloakrooms which are the whip's domain. Fervent Bob Ramspeck has made many impassioned speeches for his favorite causes. But he also knows the slick-floored, smoky, gossip-filled cloakrooms as few Congressmen...
...Labor Committee, liberal Bob Ramspeck helped carry the ball for the Wagner and Wage & Hour Acts. His only slip: this spring he championed the hapless Pensions-for-Congress bill. Faced with public revolt, Congress changed its mind. Ramspeck relented but argued solidly that the bill was "misunderstood," that Congressmen should be pensioned off the same as other Federal employes...
...knew all this would happen, did practically nothing about it. Reason: the farm bloc. No matter how nonsensical the bloc's demands, few Congressmen have the courage to vote it down—even in wartime...