Word: democratically
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from Cuba. "If you must vote for this treaty," said Goldwater, who had no intention of doing so, "demand at least this single, honorable, appropriate and meaningful price." Fuming, Majority Leader Mike Mansfield accused Goldwater of seeking "not to build the treaty but to bury it." Besides, added Arkansas Democrat J. William Fulbright, "the Russians would laugh at us." Barry lost...
Some Senators found more attractive an "understanding" sponsored by Texas Republican John Tower and Louisiana Democrat Russell Long. Troubled by the treaty's prohibition of "any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion," the two wanted to add a specific assurance in the resolution of ratification that the use of nuclear weapons was not barred in case of armed conflict. Fulbright saw no need for it. "There's a lot of things we agree on that shouldn't be in this treaty," said he. "I suppose if we took a poll...
...Despite the lack of suspense, the galleries were filled as photographers for the U.S. Capitol Historical Society recorded the moment-the first time picture-taking was authorized while the Senate was in session. All but two Senators had announced their views in advance, and the unknowns split, Nevada Democrat Howard Cannon voting "yea" and Maine Republican Margaret Chase Smith weighing in with what she later described as "a troubled no." With the words, "I move that the President be immediately notified," Majority Leader Mansfield ended the proceedings. It was all over in ten minutes...
...basis of these records and the "two-year law," Brooke ruled that the Commission actually contains four Republicans--including Bender--two Independents, including Fox, and one Democrat, and is therefore legal. As a curious twist Brooke pointed out that Fox will have to resign from the Commission two years from Sept. 18, 1962, because as of that date he will be considered a Republican...
...With Childlike Faith." Georgia Democrat Richard Russell, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was deeply concerned about absence in the treaty of a provision for on-site inspection. U.S. ability to detect cheating is "considerable," he noted; yet the Joint Chiefs of Staff hinged their O.K. of the test ban partly on improvement of detection devices. Russell argued that the treaty would handicap U.S. progress toward developing an effective anti-ballistic missile system, since warheads could only be tested underground. "What a paradox," he said. "We will not buy a simple rifle, or even the most primitive weapon...