Word: maccormack
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Massachusetts' John W. MacCormack becomes House majority leader, as expected, he will probably abandon his claim on the Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments. Next in line is Chicago's William L. Dawson, one of two Negroes in Congress (the other: New York's Adam Clayton Powell Jr.). Born in Georgia, Dawson is big, dark-skinned, a lawyer, a powerful speaker. He would be the first Negro to serve as a committee chairman in modern congressional history...
...come to discuss with Mr. Roosevelt H.R. 1776, the Lend-Lease Bill (see p. 17). In the comfortable room at the White House, the argument came down to the kind of simple talk any U. S. citizen could understand. Present were Speaker Rayburn, Senators Barkley and George, and Congressmen MacCormack, Bloom and Luther Johnson - and the two Republican leaders: Senator McNary and Congressman Joe Martin. The dialogue was almost as simple as this : Joe Martin: What's your objective, Mr.President - what do you want...