Word: fulbrighters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...White House, quipped Barkley, "the President has brought a piece of the White House to me." The Senate roared, and Harry Truman cracked back: "I'm in pretty good health yet." Then the President shook hands all around, not overlooking such of his current tormentors as Bill Fulbright (see Investigations) and Joe McCarthy, said feelingly, "I wish I was back with you," and marched out to standing applause...
...lent Young about $135,000 during one period in question. During that period, Young's own insurance business brought him only $1,900, but he bought-in addition to the mink coat-a $52,000 house and pieces of several business deals. Snapped Arkansas' J. William Fulbright, chairman of the investigating subcommittee: "You don't expect this committee to believe that just out of a clear sky you suddenly fell in love with Mr. Young, do you? Do you think we are so naive that we think you did it just because you liked the color...
Director Willett also defended Young, said he believed Young's version of the Texmass story. "Senator," he went on, "we hear about things like that almost every day. What do you want me to do about it?" Subcommittee Chairman J. William Fulbright glared at the witness. "Then the situation is much worse than I thought," he snapped. "It is' shocking...
...President. Up to that point, the Senators were having it all their own way. They had already succeeded in forcing the President to reconsider his renominations of the five RFC directors for new terms, and to make a proposal-recommended earlier by Fulbright's subcommittee-to run RFC through a single administrator (TIME...
...Most TV shows are reported in the inside pages of U.S. newspapers, if they are reported at all. But not Meet the Press (Sun. 4 p.m., NBC-TV). Its interview this week with Senator J. William Fulbright, airing charges of "illegal influence" exerted on the RFC, made the front page of the New York Times. Three weeks out of four last month, the show captured equal news prominence. The London Times has called Meet the Press "one of the most reliable breeding-grounds of weekend news...