Word: knowlands
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...want to get in a debate," Lucas added, "but I can show . . . some 126 times in history when the President has ordered the Navy or Army to do something, to take action, as Commander in Chief." California's big Bill Knowland interrupted from his back row seat to voice the general feeling in both houses. "The President," he said, "should have the overwhelming support of all Americans regardless of their party affiliation...
...good was McMahon's plan? Would it work, asked California's big Bill Knowland, if Russia refused to establish adequate controls? "Of course not," replied McMahon. It was the key question, and it precisely showed the impracticality of the McMahon proposal, sincere and well-intentioned though the proposal...
...Disgusting . . . Here he is serving notice in advance that he will not accept the decision of even the Supreme Court." Illinois' Les Arends, the Republican whip, declared that Acheson's continued presence in the Cabinet was "an affront to the nation." California's Republican Senator William Knowland said he would move to withhold all State Department appropriations. Said Georgia's James C. Davis, a Democrat: "How long can Americans be expected to show respect for Acheson when he hugs to his bosom; those who have betrayed their country...
Nobody was more embarrassed by the House vote than the Senate Republicans, who had been blaming Acheson for doing too little too late. Their anchor man, California's hefty, well-tailored Bill Knowland, said tersely: "Korea will get its help at this session." Administration strategists decided to send through a new version of the Korean aid bill, and hoped to get it passed...
...week's end, with the news of the Communist seizure of the U.S. consul general's office in Peking, California's Bill Knowland made the angriest demand of the week. He wanted all State Department officials responsible for China policy to resign. Did this mean Secretary Acheson? he was asked. "If the shoe fits," snapped Knowland...