Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...behind appropriations. Arms appropriations, up to $48 billion in the current fiscal year, are scheduled in the new Truman budget to drop to $41 billion in the next fiscal year. If & when he balances the budget, Eisenhower plans to cut taxes, though he may face a fight from those Congressmen who want to cut taxes immediately and balance later...
...also a party leader in Congress, he has no podium from which to speak. Unless he happens to be governor of a large state, he has no nucleus around which to group organizational strength. The party national committees have little or no influence on the party's Congressmen. Stevenson would continue to make an admirable spokesman for his party, but in the nature of the case a spokesman is not needed unless or until the party gets something new to say. The long campaign has exhausted the old arguments; only Republican blunders or a shift in the world situation...
...American Activities. Another IIlinoisan (Congressmen from that state may hold five chairmanships), H. H. Velde, a zealous lawyer and ex-FBI man who is expected to pitch into the job with enthusiasm and intelligence. Said he: "We'll just begin when we are no longer hamstrung by an administration of red herrings...
...Eisenhower is true to his word, it might come about. From his presidency of Columbia to the height of his campaign activity, Eisenhower has not changed his verbal opposition to witch hunts and character assassination. He has respected, and with wisdom, that loyalty quests could be conducted not by congressmen who place votes above freedom, but by experienced security officials...
...mayor of highly industrial Toledo, DiSalle was unusually successful in reconciling labor-management disputes. Summoned to Washington last year for the thankless job of administering price controls, DiSalle amazed pressure groups with his independence. He talked wage controls to the CIO convention. In front of Southern Congressmen, he complained that cotton was not a commodity, but a theology." Dubbed "the fat man in the hot seat," DiSalle failed to freeze prices, but won the nation's sympathy and chuckles...