Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Selling. But in a state that has routinely accepted extraordinary federal aid, that has expected its Congressmen and Senators to bring home the bacon, it is hard to talk against the joys of federal aid. Art Langlie realized the difficulty in February 1955 when, invited to the White House, he was urged by Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams to run for the Senate against Magnuson. He returned home to consider, eventually wrote out an involved "I will not run" statement. Asked Evelyn Langlie, when he read it to her: "Why don't you just say you're quitting...
Sounding off in Honolulu, one of World War II's most regimented G.I.s, Author Marion (See Here, Private Hargrove) Hargrove, 36, sputtered like an unfading old soldier about today's U.S. Army being a sissy sanctuary. Said Hargrove: "Mothers, chaplains and loudmouthed Congressmen have taken over the Army. The Army can bluff for three weeks, but then the kids catch on that there's nothing it can do to them...
...this point the member just about abandons all hope of.coming out of the session with complete mental balance," North Dakota Congressman Usher Burdick wrote to his constituents about the frantic last days. "People who want this or that bill swarm the Capitol in person or flood the Congressmen with letters and telegrams, some even threatening members with political extinction unless ..." Amid the tumult and turmoil the Congress nevertheless got plenty of action (or inaction) on "this or that bill...
...reaction to Stassen's announcement was intense: 20 Republican Congressmen signed a demand for his resignation...
Twelve months ago House Armed Services investigators set out to determine whether U.S. planemakers are making excess profits on military contracts (TIME, March 5). Last week, after an investigation of twelve major plane producers, the Congressmen concluded: "There has been no showing that, on the average, the profits allowed are excessive...