Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Committee has sent copies of a letter expressing its "deep concern" over the matter to a number of influential Congressmen...
...Secretary Dulles' lieutenants, aware that the President would have to make a specific request of Congress for such aid, have been hedging. Judging by former restrictions on foreign aid appropriations, which prevented funds from going to Communist nations, the State Department can be sure that many prominent and vocal Congressmen would be unwilling to make an exception in the case of Poland. Many of these legislators are Republicans and, in theory, loyal to President Eisenhower. Although his active espousal of the economic cause of Poland might not suffice to soothe all opposition, it would certainly be a worthwhile attempt...
...part, is likely to take a dim view of both reports, since both call for programs that imply the spending of more money than the President has asked in his 1958 budget-and this sum ($4.4 billion), Capitol Hill statesmen already have made clear, is more than most Congressmen intend to grant...
Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower, cleaning up their social obligations for the season, played host at a reception for some 1,000 Government officials and Congressmen. Milling through the East Room and the State Dining Room, the guests munched cookies, sipped lemon-and-raspberry spikeless punch, took note of the resplendence of satin, lace and jewels, viz.: Ohio's Mrs. Frank Lausche, in eggshell taffeta; Kentucky's Mrs. Sherman Cooper in black silk; Tennessee's Mrs. Estes Kefauver in two shades of green chiffon. Blazing the way toward a new style was Mrs. Randolph Burgess, wife...
...Mobile at least 30 years ago. Suddenly, three years ago, it began to multiply so rapidly that it now ranks as a major menace. Traveling partly in autos and trucks, the ants have spread their fiery trail through the South from Texas to North Carolina. Senators from Louisiana and Congressmen from Mississippi and Alabama have introduced bills in Congress asking for aid, and next week the House Agriculture Committee will open hearings aimed at finding ways to check the fiery invader...