Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Presided over a conference of state governors, Congressmen and Administration officials, on federal-state problems...
...Korea," Van Fleet told the congressmen, but "it must be a military victory." The only way to achieve such a victory, he continued, is to give our soldiers "a little more of what it takes to fight--battle training...
...Each time, when questioned about communists, their activities and political purposes, Furry has acted like a Rip Van Winkle, who has been mentally asleep for the past decade and a half. Asked about his activities with a front group in 1948, Furry kept talking about Loyalist Spain. To the Congressmen, he insisted that American propaganda was distorting Soviet actions and he accused this government of persecuting communists for their political beliefs...
...Korea," Van Fleet told the congressmen, but "it must be a military victory." The only way to achieve such a victory, he continued, is to give our soldiers "a little more of what it takes to fight . . . battle training...
While the blizzard of paperwork swept across Dwight Eisenhower's desk last week, the streams of visitors continued to flow in through the White House front door. There were more liaison luncheons with Congressmen. The Cabinet met as usual, with the now-standard minute of silent prayer to start the meeting, and the Secretaries came to the executive wing by a new route: their cars were brought in through a side gate to the back door, off limits to reporters and photographers. One morning congressional leaders turned up at 8 a.m. for orange juice and coffee, and a briefing...