Word: connors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...departed. At the same hour Speaker Byrns, in striped trousers and cutaway, called the House to order and recessed it to hold the annual memorial service for dead Congressmen. As he did so, into the chamber filed Representatives Ulysses S. (for Samuel) Guyer of Kansas, John J. O'Connor of New York and Mary T. Norton of New Jersey. Behind them filed Mrs. Thomas David Schall, widow of the late Senator from Minnesota, in full mourning; Madam Senator Long, widow of the late Senator Huey Pierce Long; a dozen other relatives of the seven Congressmen who had died...
...Democratic tribute to the dead, voiced by hard-boiled Rules Chairman John J. O'Connor, was no less moving. Recalling the words of Arnold, Pericles, Aristotle and Mark Twain, he declared: "It has not been given to all men to have lived in the days through which they, our deceased colleagues, passed. To have lived during the last generation is a privilege never before afforded in history, and unlikely to be repeated...
...immunity. At the Capitol, Democratic leaders put their heads together, quickly decided that fighting with policemen, speeding and contempt of court constituted a breach of the peace-one constitutional ground for a Congressman's arrest. After much argument behind closed doors, Rules Committee Chairman John J. O'Connor was told off to go and pay the fines. Out the court building's back door soon slipped the two Congressmen. To newshawks Representative Zioncheck announced that he was going back to his apartment to look after his four pet terrapins. Representative O'Connor suggested that he might...
...meter dash. First heat--Won by J. C. Dounelly '39, (6yds.); second, Oscar Sutermeister 3G. (4 yds). Time--23 3/4 sees. Second heat--Won by W. O'Connor '37, (scratch); second, F. Goodhue '37, (9 yds.). Time--23 2-5 sees. Third heat--Won by R. P. Randall '39, (9 yds.); second, W. Grush '38, (3 yds.). Time--23 3/3 sees...
...have never seen any effect a lobbyist ever had in Washington, but they are a nuisance to members of Congress"-Chairman John J. O'Connor of the House Rules Committee...