Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Congressmen moved gingerly. A bare majority was reported to be in favor, but few of them were ready to commit themselves until they knew definitely how the public winds blew. Public opinion showed that most U.S. citizens were in favor of such an act. The Gallup poll showed 63% answering Yes; an Iowa poll (sponsored by the Des Moines Sunday Register), 71%; the FORTUNE poll, 69%; the National Opinion Research Center poll...
Temporarily mollified, Pepper called off his threatened filibuster. The Senate hastily confirmed Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius' team, and went home. But New Deal Congressmen still had reservations about three, in particular, of the six appointees: William L. Clayton, whom they consider a "cartelist"; Brigadier General Julius C. Holmes, whom they partly blame for the Darlan policy in 1942; veteran Diplomat James Dunn, whom they regard as the villain of the U.S. appeasement policy toward Franco...
...78th Congress flickered to a finish, lame-duck Congressmen seized their last chance. One by one, they took to the floor with prepared valedictories. Most of their colleagues had already gone home, but the Congressional Record was still there, duty-bound to print every last quack. Each swan-songster was convinced that his constituents had been misguided, but magnanimously agreed to abide by the voters' decision. Each also wanted to take a few fast, final pokes at the Soviet Union and the British Empire...
...first attempts to break out of the peninsula failed, gloom settled down. When the breakout came and the Germans were routed, it was in the bag. When the Allies pulled up in September, back came the gloom. When Generals Bradley and Devers resumed the offensive in November, there were Congressmen in Washington who said it might all be over in 30 days. Rundstedt's amazing winter offensive brought the thickest gloom of the year...
Harry Hopkins, to the surprise of no one, emerged once again as a potent White House adviser. Safely hidden away in his remodeled Georgetown house, he was beyond the reach of captious Congressmen. Close observers spotted the Hopkins hand in the appointment of Secretary of State Stettinius and his new assistants (see FOREIGN RELATIONS). Again, the Hopkins trademark appeared on the brief campaign which boomed OPAdministrator Chester Bowles for Commerce. Now, for any new shifts in the offing, Washington kept its eye on the house in Georgetown, where the unofficial Assistant President of the U.S. still spun his webs...