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Frankly I am shocked at the attitude taken by Senators Knowland and Johnson on the question of Communist China's admission to the U.N. I ... am opposed to the admission of Communist China to our world congress, but . . . being a world power (which she definitely is), she has valid claim, and I think it would be narrow and stupid for the U.S. to withdraw from the U.N. One cannot bargain with a nation if one avoids it. One cannot run away from one's enemies. I say, meet with the Communist Chinese. Rather lose pride across the conference...
...would be a great tragedy if the U.S. followed Senator Knowland's demand . . . The result would be the same as our refusal to join the League of Nations...
...wish to commend . . . Senator Knowland's objection to Communist China's membership in the U.N. ... I think the objection of the majority of American voters to China's membership is not that we object to China's or Russia's Communistic effort but to the wayCommunism . . . has always been administered by sordid racketeers in total disregard of their subjects' rights...
...days the marathon debate was not recognized for what it was. Then Majority Leader William Knowland said, as if surprised: "I had no reason to believe that the liberal wing of the Democratic Party would engage in a filibuster." Next day he called for an all-night session...
Deep into the night, Tennessee Democrat Albert Gore, the filibusterers' field general, relieved his speakers by peppering questions at them from time to time and bringing up fresh troops according to a carefully worked out speaking schedule. Knowland, on the other hand, was getting little assistance from Republicans, and less sleep. The talkers gleefully baited...