Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Leaving the chamber in resounding applause, the President paused to shake hands with two Congressmen in wheel chairs, Missouri's John J. Cochran and Ohio's Robert Grosser. To friends he said: "Now that I've broken the ice, I think I'll come back...
...belated recognition by civilians of the fact that wartime price control is necessary. But it is chiefly a tribute to Chester Bowles, who is often described in Washington, a town of masterminds, as a man of ordinary intellect who knows how to talk to the public and to Congressmen, i.e., other men of ordinary intellect...
Representative William J. Gallagher, 69-year-old retired Minneapolis street sweeper, had made his maiden speech: it was a nice, kindly plea for unity among the members of the House. Congressmen applauded. Majority Leader John W. McCormack was so impressed that he rose to praise old Bill Gallagher...
Next day was Washington's Birthday. Congressmen listened solemnly to the invocation by Chaplain James S. Montgomery, heard George Washington's farewell address, delivered by Representative Marion T. Bennett of Missouri. Then Michigan's labor-baiting Clare Hoffman got the floor and the House forgot all about George Washington and Bill Gallagher, too. Clare Hoffman was barely set on his feet when he began to flail away at the C.I.O., the P.A.C. and the Communists. Michigan's Frank E. Hook, supported by C.I.O.-P.A.C. in the last election, broke in to defend his friends. Said...
Uruguay made no official comment. Rumor had it that Congressmen would soon be recalled from summer vacations to declare war in a special session...