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...nations of the world, TIME did not take the opportunity to call attention to the insensate despot that now rules the U.S., Russia, France and England. This despot is the H-bomb. Its power is so great that it can cause mutual destruction . . . I believe most Americans (except Senator Knowland, et al.) would regret very much to have this happen...
Behind closed doors, the committee met to vote on an amendment to the foreign-aid bill offered by Majority Leader William Knowland. The amendment called for drastic action: it would cut off military aid to France and Italy on Dec. 31 unless they ratified EDC or agreed with other NATO powers on a satisfactory substitute. New Jersey's Republican Senator H. Alexander Smith, acting as chairman, was sure that the committee would approve Knowland's proposal. Then Smith checked with Secretary Dulles...
Mission Accomplished. The man who had set off the worldwide discussion, Senate Majority Leader William Knowland, was well pleased with the result. Knowland had called for U.S. withdrawal from the U.N. if Red China is admitted. For that proposal to prejudge, Knowland received anything but unanimous approval...
...clear that the White House and the State Department did not entirely agree with Knowland or with the Democrats' Senate Minority Leader Lyndon Johnson of Texas, who had said: "The American people will refuse to support the United Nations if Red China becomes a member" (TIME, July...
...face of strong statements against prejudgment by Eisenhower and Dulles last week, neither Knowland nor Johnson reiterated his stand. Their critics said that they had retreated from what amounted to an open threat to the U.N. Their partisans replied that 1) they had not retreated, and 2) their sharp pronouncements had worked to nerve the Administration for the unequivocal position it took last week...