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...capital after another, government discussions turned rapidly from détente to defense. There were some predictable recriminations charging that the free world had been overly optimistic about Soviet aims. Typical of that mood was Nebraska Republican Roman L. Hruska, who said in a Senate speech, "Our belief in the theory of Soviet mellowing has debilitated our entire military strategy." Many Western military leaders were openly grateful that the Soviets had shaken the politicians out of complacency before NATO was further enfeebled. As retired General Alfred M. Gruenther, a former NATO commander, put it: "The Soviet invasion was a jolt...
Rarely had so many politicians altered their positions so radically and so swiftly. As mail cascaded into their Capitol Hill offices, Senators and Representatives who had long opposed even the mildest gun-control legislation nimbly switched sides. "Times change," said Nebraska's Republican Senator Roman Hruska, once Capitol Hill's strongest opponent of controls, "and sometimes they change rapidly...
...Administration-Dodd bill, first introduced in March 1965, would ban all interstate gun sales and forbid over-the-counter sales of pistols to out-of-state residents. The NRA moved to support a slightly tightened version of the original Dodd bill, now introduced by Sen. Roman H. Hruska...
...conference to bat out the differences between the House and Senate bills, the Senate was represented by all conservatives--Eastland (D-Miss), Ervin (D-N.C.), McClellan (D-Ark.), Dirksen (R-Ill), and Hruska (R-Neb.). The committee made proceedings and hearings singular, and added the proviso that if the Attorney General had not begun searching for "subversives" in six months he would have to justify his inaction before Congress...
...overriding worry. Most Americans seem resigned to the war; few are enthusiastic about it. Democratic Senator Abraham Ribicoff estimated that his Connecticut aviary contains "about 15% doves and as many hawks," with the rest "basically in agreement with the President's policy." Nebraska's Republican Senator Roman Hruska found impatience and anger over the "almost constantly increasing casualty lists," but discerned neither a desire to pull out nor a consensus for a quick victory at any cost...