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...which conformed to impartial Capitol opinion) was prompted 1) by Senator Gillette's voting record (straight down the isolationist line against Lend-Lease, revision of the Neutrality Act, etc.), and 2) by the need to distinguish him from such impassioned new-line Democrats as Claude Pepper and Joe Guffey. Never to be confused with such clamorous isolationists as Ham Fish, Iowa's well-liked, forthright Senator Gillette,"apparently not too old-line to change, was appointed to the Senate Committee which last year wrote the Connally Resolution on postwar world cooperation...
Then began a curious skirmish. Senators Claude Pepper of Florida and James E. Murray of Montana, who had voted against all the nominees because they did not like ex-Cotton Broker Will Clayton, hastily switched their votes. Pennsylvania's New Dealing Joe Guffey wanted to do likewise, but Committee Chairman Tom Connally drawled: "If I let you change your vote, are you agoin' to stay hitched?" Infuriated, Joe Guffey let his "nay" stand...
What grieved Tom Connally most was that almost all the talk came from Democrats. Pennsylvania's New Dealing Joe Guffey was suddenly not as enthusiastic about the nominations as he had been. Wyoming's Joseph O'Mahoney asked, incredulously, whether the Senate would "vote blindly about so important a matter. . . ." Connecticut's Francis Maloney took another tack: "There may not be any brighter or better men than these. On the other hand, there might...
...suite-living room (with grand piano), dining room, bar, kitchen, three bedrooms, and even a place to put a barber chair-came Vice President Wallace, 45 minutes after he reached Chicago. He climbed up the back stairs from the 41 st floor to escape attention. Here also came Senators Guffey and Pepper, and all but two of the six Cabinet members who attended the convention...
...ruling seemed certain to be appealed to the Supreme Court. Meantime it will be difficult for New Dealers to dismiss Judge Jones as a crusty reactionary. He was appointed to the Federal bench by Franklin Roosevelt-on the recommendation of Pennsylvania's 1,000% New Dealing Senator Joe Guffey...