Word: leader
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Politics to Prayers. Along with the bustle of preparations and plans, loud opposition to the Soviet leader's visit continued to be heard across the land. In Washington, a Committee for Freedom for All Peoples distributed black armbands to be worn while he is in the U.S., appealed to the nation for "solidarity with the victims of Communism by a concerted manifestation of national mourning.'^ Among the committee's backers: three U.S. Senators-Connecticut's Thomas Dodd, Illinois' Paul Douglas and New Hampshire's Styles Bridges, and two members of the House of Representatives...
Some of Congress' top Republicans, including Indiana's House Minority Leader Charles Halleck, advised Ike not to veto the pork-barrel bill, hog-fat as it was. It had passed the House by a voice vote and the Senate by a lopsided 82 to 9, and since it included projects for every state, a lot of Republicans would be tempted to vote to override the veto. Said Iowa's Congressman Ben Jensen, ranking Republican on the Appropriations subcommittee that drafted the measure: "I just can't see how the President could veto this bill." Before boarding...
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson, another old Navyman, added his cool counsel to Nixon's, and the mood of the convention changed. The Legion's high command hastily redrafted its resolution. In the final, milder version, there was no criticism of Ike, and the Legion merely "counseled" the U.S. public to be alert, accepting "the Russian Premier's visit with that dignity common only to free men while holding fast to the thought and determination there will be no compromise . . ." After approving the resolution by acclamation, the Legion proceeded to elect its new national chairman: Martin Boswell...
Though old Amana colonists view with sadness the passing of stern piety, they have no regrets for having forsaken communism-for Amana learned years ago the bitter lesson that other millions are learning today. "Communism," says Leader Moershel, "wasn't practical...
...Gaulle's room for maneuver was small. Extremists in the rebel F.L.N., in one of those unmistakable gestures meant to show that they had no intention of compromising, shot down 67-year-old Senator Cherif Benhabyles, an Algerian, in the streets of Vichy. A friend of F.L.N. Leader Ferhat Abbas, Benhabyles had offered to be a link in discussions with the French...