Word: guffey
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...before the end, Pennsylvania's Senator Joseph Guffey called at the White House. That evening he made a radio speech denouncing the three Senators who did most to defeat the President's plan to enlarge the Supreme Court. "Political ingratitude carries with it its own punishment both swift and effective," said Senator Guffey. As political ingrates sure to be defeated when they come up for reelection he named three Democrats, Wyoming's Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Nebraska's Edward R. Burke and Montana's Burton K. Wheeler. From Senator Guffey, a spokesman...
Pennsylvania's Guffey was not the only Senator who had been taken aback. Sena tor Lewis and others had speeches pre pared. But Vice President Garner, well aware that the Bill was sure to pass eventually, had timed the start of his steam roller accurately and gauged his colleagues' reaction to perfection. Prevailing mood of the Senate suddenly became one of over whelming relief, and laughter almost drowned out the angry voice of Senator Guffey still demanding to be recorded as against the Bill. With supreme assurance the Vice President dismissed the demand by shouting back: "The Senator...
...since last Feb. 5 when the President called for Court Reform, the moment that meant the final decision in the bitterest legislative battle of a decade. In an instant, the Senate was in an uproar. Loudest voice in the tumult of shouts and laughter was Pennsylvania's Guffey, last-ditch supporter of the President's demand for more Justices, slamming his desk with the palm of his hand to get attention and crying, "Mr. President, Mr. President, I want to be recorded as voting against this Bill...
...parliamentary power that topped even his masterly obliteration of the original Court Bill last month (TIME, Aug. 2). Two minutes after the Bill had passed, a dozen Senators, admiring as much as amused by the Garner "rodeo" tactics, gathered to congratulate him and each other. Across the chamber, Senator Guffey was still flushed and angry. The Vice President walked over to console him by suggesting jovially that if he had served in the House during the Garner Speakership, he might have been better used to such procedure. With the Court issue out of the way at last, and the sugar...
...conference report on the War Department Appropriation bill to be made to the Senate. Senator Clark quickly made the point of order that since Mr. Minton had yielded for other than a question, his second opportunity to speak was ended and he must thereafter hold his peace. Senator Guffey was in the chair and for 20 minutes a desperate parliamentary wrangle raged. Then Senator Pittman returned to the chair and ruled that Mr. Minton was within his rights, could continue to speak. This was far closer to steamroller tactics than the U. S. Senate usually sees. Many of the elder...