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When North Dakota's aging (65) Senator "Wild Bill" Langer decided to run for re-election this year, he seemed to be a candidate's dream of an opponent. There were so many things in his record...
...Langer was ousted as governor of North Dakota after being convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison for extracting political contributions from public employees. He was finally acquitted after an appeal and two new trials, but there was more trouble ahead. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1940 after a surprising political comeback, he faced a "moral turpitude" accusation. The Senate Elections Committee voted 13-3 to exclude him, after the majority agreed that his record was studded with "gross impropriety, lawlessness, shotgun law enforcement" and property deals which amounted to "briberies." Despite all this, the Senate...
Lantern in the Belfry. In Washington, Langer soon got a reputation for being long on wind and trivial proposals, short on judgment and accomplishment; he was on almost all lists of the ten worst Senators. Among the bills he introduced was one to issue a special series of stamps to encourage mailing of good-will letters. This year, when Winston Churchill was coming to the U.S., Langer asked the vicar of Old North Church in Boston to place a lantern in the belfry to give the U.S. a Paul Revere warning. But worst of all, by Midwest Republican standards, Langer...
...Langer said the difference between his work for the O.S.S. and C.I.A. was that in the latter "I wasn't so much concerned with research--rather to pull together the results of all the various agencies...
...Langer, who has been a professor here since 1927, is now teaching History 132b...