Word: counseled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...morning," said Baptist Carlson, "we are here to renew our faith and our commitment to God." In the next half-hour, half a dozen notables rose to their feet. Wisconsin Senator Alexander Wiley, a Lutheran, read from the First Psalm ("Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly . . ."). Vice President Nixon, a Quaker, read from the 15th chapter of John ("This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you . . ."). Hotelman Conrad Hilton, their host, a Roman Catholic, told them: "It took a war and the frightening evil of Communism...
...association's code would grant the witness the right of counsel, cross-examination of his accusers, and subpoena power for securing witnesses in his behalf. To prevent unfair publicity, the code would force committees to hold back charges until the witness has a chance to answer them, and allow those accused to read explanatory statements into the records. A final check on committee irresponsibility is the code's insistence that each group state the scope of its investigation and then stay within these set limits...
After attending Furry's hearing with senator McCarthy's one-man investigating committee on Jan. 16, Thomas H. Bresnahan, commission counsel, said that if Furry and Kamin refused to tell the Massachusetts Commission the names of communists known to them and yet did not invoke the fifth amendment, under which witnesses may refuse to testify on the grounds of possible self-incrimination they would be reported to the state legislature for contempt action...
...three dissident Democrats who walked out of his Senate Investigations Subcommittee last July (TIME, July 20). McCarthy agreed to 1) give up the sole hiring-and-firing powers and let other committee members have a say in staff employment, 2) permit the Democrats to have a minority counsel and clerk, 3) allow the Democrats to block public hearings by their own unanimous vote, unless overruled by the parent Government Operations Committee. The stray lambs, Senators John McClellan, Henry Jackson and Stuart Symington, agreed to rejoin the committee. Said Joe: "I was glad-strike the word glad-happy to compromise...
...Defense Counsel. In Pasadena, Calif., charged with robbery, Joseph J. Finn was asked by the judge if he wanted a lawyer, replied: "Just give me a machine gun, and I'll get out of here...