Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reins with the determined grip that F.D.R. used. Had Ike tried, he might only have invited the congressional bucking that thwarted and infuriated Harry Truman. Ike adapted his tactics to the situation. He worked closely with Taft, Knowland, Speaker Martin and others-but he also went at the Congressmen one by one in a series of White House breakfasts and luncheons. The weight and prestige of the presidency, which could no longer be applied through party discipline, had to be applied in person...
Simple Criterion. CIA was still concentrating on establishing itself as an independent intelligence collection and research agency when the invasion of South Korea caught the U.S. Government by surprise. Called up to Capitol Hill to explain why there had been no advance warning, Admiral Hillenkoetter convinced most Congressmen that CIA was not at fault. Nobody asked a critical question which nevertheless hung over CIA's head. The question: Had CIA ever pulled all the intelligence services together and produced a national intelligence estimate on the North Korean threat? The answer...
...AMBASSADOR Lewis Douglas, asked by the President to survey economic conditions in the sterling area, has turned in such an optimistic report on trade progress there that the White House is temporarily keeping it under wraps, lest it provide ammunition for Congressmen opposed to extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act. A big point in the report: a warning that the U.S. must ease trade restrictions as U.S. aid declines...
...major legislation is coming up. We're just telling all our friends that we'd like to have them on the ball team. We're letting them know that we're watching the way they vote." With the 1954 elections on the way, most Congressmen already realized how nice it would be to be on Ike's ball team...
...Washington, the House of Representatives resolved that Congressmen standing in the need of prayer should have a place for quiet devotions in the Capitol. If the Senate agrees, a small room will be set aside between the House and Senate chambers...