Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tone and temper of the current special session show that Congressmen know aid to Europe is needed," William Y. Elliott, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science and staff director for the Herter Committee, declared yesterday...
...threw in the sponge. "The Marshall Plan parade," grumped the News last week, "is swinging down the avenue ... in full blast now, and among the paraders are most of the leading politicians of both parties." It was true. As they had not done since the end of the war, Congressmen and the Administration were marching last week with practically everyone in step towards a common objective-the saving of Europe...
...Them Eat It. There were a lot of problems left. One of these was still the conflict between State's solicitude for the dignity and sovereignty of the 16 nations and Congressmen's determination that every dollar spent should be supervised by U.S. agents...
President Truman had made up his mind. He was helped to it by the attitude of many Congressmen who, having visited ravaged Europe, now saw the necessity of immediate action. One morning last week, the President met his Cabinet. He told them that there had to be a special session of Congress, that he had decided to call it for Nov. 17.* France and Italy could not wait until January...
...Admit It." Any one of those measures would run into varying Republican opposition. The reaction of Republican Congressmen to the special session call was mixed. Only a few hours before the call, Minnesota's Harold Knutson, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, had declared that Congress would limit aid to Europe even under the Marshall Plan to $1 billion next year. Contemplated in the Marshall Plan: some $6 to $7 billion the first year. Said Knutson: "Give them a paddle and then tell 'em-'Go paddle your own canoe...