Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...apparently carried too far his well-intentioned determination not to dictate to Congress. He was getting no better results than Franklin Roosevelt had with his peremptory demands. Some Congressmen were already yearning out loud for the old F.D.R. days, when a Congressman got a lot of his thinking done...
Navymen recently marched up the Hill to tell Congressmen what they wanted. This was the postwar force which the Big Brass outlined...
Three Congressional Committees last week stewed over the deal. Some Congressmen thought it outrageous to suggest that the Government guarantee markets against private competition. Then President Truman joined in: he did not think subsidies for surplus plants were a good idea either...
Poison & Push Buttons. Congressmen listening to last week's testimony soon learned that the bill could not be judged by ordinary standards. Said Major General Leslie R. Groves, head of the Manhattan Project which developed the bomb: "We are flirting with national suicide if this thing gets out of control. If one mistake is made, we may face national disaster...
...touring U.S. Congressmen stopped off at Belgrade for a chat with chesty Marshal Josip Broz-Tito, Yugoslavia's Kremlin-backed strong man. Was it true, asked Republicans Karl Mundt and Frances Bolton, that Dr. Ivan Subasich had quit his job? Why yes, said the Marshal, adding that he hoped he could talk the handsome Foreign Minister out of leaving...