Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...equally important are a whole series of provisions for guarantees to the witness. He should have the power to cross-examine his accusers and to subpoena witnesses in his own behalf. Because accusations receive so much more space in the press than the replies that come afterward, the investigating Congressmen should be prevented from releasing their charges to the press until the witness has a chance to answer them...
Reforms such as these are far-reaching. They will be difficult to institute because Congressmen have seldom willingly limited their own power. Some will say they are not necessary, that the McCarthy debacle has served as warning for all. For the time being--almost certainly for the duration of the 84th Congress--this may be true. But in politics it is too easy to lapse back into old habits; Congress should finish the good work it has started by drawing up a binding code of fair committee practice...
Surrounded by perhaps the most captive audience he ever mystified, Harlow Shapley slowly explained to the pensive Congressmen that even small rocks contain tremendous explosive energy. Then Shapley suddenly announced that he had actual evidence, and quickly pushed a black and white stone onto the table bordered by his listeners. Every Congressman bolted backward as the guards unbolstered their revolvers. Several minutes passed before the flustered Congressmen heard the advice of a beamed Shapley for wording atomic energy legislation...
...group (average age: 55) does not stand high in national renown. Two, South Carolina's J. Strom Thurmond and North Carolina's W. (for William) Kerr Scott, 58, have been governors of their states. Of the seven new Republican Senators, all but one are or have been Congressmen. The one: Colorado's Gordon Allott, 47, whose light, as lieutenant governor, has been hidden under the bushel-basket showmanship and popularity of retiring Governor Dan Thornton. Allott, a liberal Republican and onetime Stassen-for-President booster, scored a minor upset by trouncing ex-Congressman John Carroll. Among...
With the election already stale news, scores of freshmen Congressmen have only to plan their grand excursion to Washington. But eight men who will stay near home for the next few years are making far more important decisions that will influence U.S. politics for years to come...