Word: hooks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Michigan's labor-baiting Clare Hoffman got the floor and the House forgot all about George Washington and Bill Gallagher, too. Clare Hoffman was barely set on his feet when he began to flail away at the C.I.O., the P.A.C. and the Communists. Michigan's Frank E. Hook, supported by C.I.O.-P.A.C. in the last election, broke in to defend his friends. Said he without heat: "The C.I.O. and the P.A.C. are doing more to keep down the Communists than any other group in the United States...
Words, Words, Words. Michigan's burly Hook flushed, seemed to be trying to keep hold of himself. Said he: "And we hope to hold them down. And if the gentleman from Mississippi will quit his raving and ranting and get down and at least assist the good citizens of the C.I.O., he would probably be doing a service to this country...
...rest was drowned out by Hook's shout, "You are a dirty liar when you say Communists...
...Slight (140 lbs.), aging (62) John Rankin charged down the aisle, leaped upon the bullnecked, ham-handed Representative from Michigan. They clinched and Rankin began yanking at the 195-lb. ex-lumberjack's hair. Hook did not try to strike his opponent ("A gentleman can't strike an old man").† Members separated them...
...Country's Good? In the cloakrooms conservative Democrats talked darkly of expelling Hook from the House; Hookmen suggested the same for Rabble-Rouser Rankin. Gleeful Republicans called it "a Democratic fight" and dealt themselves out. The peacemakers' suggestion was an apology from both contestants. The next day Hook did apologize-for three minutes. Rankin did not. He made a statement "that you may know exactly how I feel. . . . I was not responsible for what occurred yesterday...