Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...silence, Dulles leaves the cloud of suspicion over Vincent. He also makes one wonder whether or not he is sacrificing the man to the accusations of the public. Loyalty within the State Department was made a huge issue during the past election, and it is only natural that congressmen have questioned and will continue to question those officials who participated in policy-making under Democratic administration. If the Secretary of State allows accusations to be tantamount to guilt, he is going to encourage a lot of muckrakers to hound his and other government departments...
Since such reasonable doubt has been raised, it seems incumbent upon the House of Representatives to use its prerogative to investigate its colleagues. If the House Un-American Activities Committee is too busy, the whole House might split up for the task. Congressmen have always been interested in the security of the men holding the Senate seats from their state, so perhaps each state's Congressmen should operate on their own Senators...
...Observed to a bipartisan group of Congressmen, during a tour of the White House, that the controversial "Truman balcony" is "a fine idea ... It adds to the beauty of the White House...
...Summoned eight military advisers (including his old friend, retired General George Marshall), six Congressmen and four Defense Department officials to hear a report from returning General James Van Fleet this week...
...Dictator Fulgencio Batista magnanimously proclaimed that "free and fair elections" for the presidency would be held in November 1953. Last week the strong man changed his mind. His government announced that no elections will be held till June 1954, when a new congress will be chosen. The Congressmen will then decide when Cubans may vote on the presidency...