Word: dirksenism
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...Everett McKinley Dirksen, 47, a big, tousled, thoughtful, farm-minded Representative from Pekin, Ill., a town of 19,000 population which lies on the east bank of the Illinois River, just south of Peoria. The Pride of Pekin told the Washington press that 36 fellow Congressmen from 13 States had signed a petition urging him to try for the Republican Presidential nomination. He insisted that he was a serious candidate. He scorned any idea of acting as a "favorite son," which is the main strategy of the Pew-Hamilton "stop Willkie" campaign...
These two amendments were sponsored by mop-haired, eloquent Everett Dirksen, Illinois Republican (and close friend of Earl Smith, the brains of the American Farm Bureau). The House was on a violent rampage. Even veteran anti-New Dealers warned the members they were going too far. The young Turks would not hear or heed. They had tasted blood...
Illinois's able, forward-looking Representative Everett McKinley Dirksen came up last week with a clear-cut, logical remedy for the time wasted by Army, Navy and Administration bigwigs in giving duplicate testimony before Senate and House committees. His proposal: establish a joint committee on military and naval affairs and appropriations...
...best features of Everett Dirksen's plan: it would speed legislation, improve Congress' reputation. Its worst: it is probably too sensible to pass...
...vice chairmen sweated for three weeks drawing it up. His brain trust consisted of Representative Clifford R. Hope of Garden City, Kans.; Albert E Carter of Oakland, Calif.; Everett M Dirksen of Pekin, Ill.; Richard B. Wigglesworth of Milton, Mass.; John M. Robsion of Barbourville...