Word: dirksens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hang from the same tree and wear the grower's label. If, on the contrary, the odd offshoot insists on permanent identification as a new species, it invites pruning. "Break Through!" Thus, in recent months, a host of top Republicans, from House Leader Ford to Senate Leader Everett Dirksen and Kentucky's Senator Thruston Morton, have taken pains to dissociate the G.O.P. from the extremist John Birch Society. G.O.P. National Chairman Ray Bliss read the Birchites out of the party again last week during the biennial Western...
...inglorious victory and unpalatable defeat, Ted Kennedy went all the way to the brink -and chose defeat. Though virtually none of his colleagues knew of his decision in advance, he notified President Johnson of his switch the night before the Senate showdown. He also tipped off Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, whose forces had become reasonably confident that they could scuttle Morrissey's nomination. After crossing the Senate floor to give Teddy an avuncular handclasp, old Ev rumbled: "It takes something for a young man to subdue his pride. It doesn't bother an old bastard like...
...Dirksen's plaudits, echoed by Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, reflected Senate sentiment. By the club's unwritten rules, a member's political imprudence is tolerable, even understandable -but only so long as it does not inconvenience his colleagues. Thus in the Senate's memory, Teddy's ill-advised efforts for an ill-equipped judicial nominee may be largely forgotten-while his retreat from the brink of embarrassment will be warmly remembered as an act of high courage. Outside the Senate, which is not likely to confine Teddy Kennedy's ambitions indefinitely, the Morrissey affair...
...labor, the moment of defeat approached last week, as Minority Leader Everett Dirksen's anti-repeal filibuster droned into its sixth day. Though the House had voted for a repeal bill in July, and a majority of Senators (at least 55) nominally opposed 14(b) for various reasons, sentiment on both sides was curiously muted. Several staunchly liberal newspapers actually opposed the bill. "There is much to be said for letting the states continue to experiment with varied statutes of their own," editorialized the Washington Post, "at least until a national consensus emerges." As of now, according...
...near as we can determine," Jenner concluded, "Morrissey returned to Boston either the night of the 8th or the morning of the 9th of September." Illinois' Senator Everett Dirksen observed: "If you allege that you live in one state for the purpose of being admitted to the bar, and you're not [a resident]-there's a rather unpleasant word for that. It bothers me." Oddly enough, Morrissey, the Justice Department and Teddy Kennedy's office had all neglected to inform the Judiciary Committee of Morrissey's educational foray in Georgia...