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...Martin was as much of an ingrained conservative on taxes as Dan Reed. Also, as Speaker of the House, he was keenly aware that Dan Reed's Ways & Means Committee was the traditionally unchallenged source of all revenue bills. Like all House Speakers, Martin was deeply conscious that his very authority depended on parliamentary precedent and the power of his committee chairmen. He could have ducked the whole EPT issue. But in recent months Joe Martin has discovered a higher loyalty to Dwight Eisenhower, and in that loyalty has developed a sense of leadership which his colleagues had never...
...weeks Martin had respected Dan Reed's committee rights. Then, last week, when Reed stonily refused three personal
...Unlawful Bandit." Charlie Halleck was the first of 13 witnesses. Said he: "We are going to carry out what is obviously the will of the members of both sides of the House. We are faced with the necessity of asking for this rule." Ten Republicans on Dan Reed's committee had guaranteed, said Halleck, that they would vote out an EPT bill, if they could only get Reed to call a meeting. But with Reed blocking the road, there was nothing to do but act through the Rules Committee. Halleck established beyond much doubt that the Rules Committee...
When Halleck was finished, Dan Reed rose to reply. His face flamed anger, his bony jaw jutted, Chairman Allen offered him a chair, but Reed snapped: "I'm still able to stand." He stood, straight as an oak, while he boiled over. "This [rules] committee has no authority . . . EPT is nothing but an unlawful bandit cutting the throats of industry . . . This [hearing] may be the destruction of representative government. If that's true, this is no place for me." Reed's voice rose to a passionate shout. "What have I done in my 35 years that...
Strange Bedfellow. The whole procedure was strong, though necessary, medicine, and most Democrats had as little taste for it as most Republicans. The Democrats were tempted to give Dan Reed solid support, to vote down the Rules Committee's recommendation on the grounds of irregularity, and thus contribute to Martin's troubles. But over the weekend some northern Democrats began to realize that voters, not understanding congressional procedure, would remember only that Democrats had helped to kill a tax popular with the party's left wing. To make the point, Martin proudly showed off a wire...