Word: counseled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...john Rankin has. When a Congressman can subpoena an American for taking a vocal role in an election campaign, can cite this same man for contempt and force him to waste his and the government's time with a costly contempt suit, and can deprive the witness of counsel in the manner of the better Inquisitors, it is time Americans look closely to discover where the shoe fits...
Advised by Ernie Adamson, committee counsel, that he might have counsel present, Shapley brought Thomas H. Eliot to the meeting, along with a secretary, Miss Elly Thomas. But when the three of them entered the committee meeting, at which only Rankin, Adamson, and a Congressional reporter were present, Rankin ordered Shapley's assistance to leave...
Eliot revealed last night that he had suggested to Shapley that he refuse to answer any question without the advice of counsel. When Rankin ejected Eliot from the room, Shapley merely declined to answer Rankin's queries. "Professor Shapley would have had no witnesses," Eliot pointed out, "except those associated with the committee, which had already admitted that it would doctor the records if it desired...
...completely in line with the previous actions of the Wood-Ranking committee and of Rankin in particular. The idea of Rankin himself conducting and making the rules for the committee and then not allowing Professor Shapley counsel is a sign that he is afraid of allowing people freedom of expression." Edsell added that his organization would get in touch with the Speaker of the House to oppose the contempt action...
...Durable Peace of the Federal Council of Churches. ¶Adlai Ewing Stevenson, 46, able Illinois lawyer, grandson of Democratic Vice President Adlai ("The Headsman") Stevenson (who distinguished himself by discreetly purging some 40,000 Republican postmasters when Grover Cleveland became President). Young Stevenson entered public service as Assistant General-Counsel to the Federal Alcoholic Control Administration, subsequently became assistant to Secretaries Knox, Hull, Stettinius...