Word: martin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Daley was weak after suffering an infected tooth, and Captain Joe Jangro said he would start at his right defense position in spite of a bruised arm. The other starters are goalie Jim Logue, who turned away 31 of 32 shots against Harvard in the opener, sophomore defenseman Tom Martin, and forwards Ron Walsh and Owen Hughes...
...guillotine-swift blow that cut Joseph W. Martin off from the Republican leadership of the House Tuesday may rankle in G.O.P. Congressional ranks for some time. First of all, Martin was dumped with a gracelessness not soon to be forgotten by his many close friends in the House. And the 74 votes (against 70 for Martin) elevating Charles A. Halleck to the minority leader post represent an uneasy compromise between various Republican factions, one of which may well break down...
...seems clear that the caucus vote split along pro-Martin versus anti-Martin lines, rather than pro-Martin versus pro-Halleck. This is not to say that Joe Martin has a raft of political enemies; on the contrary he has made an extraordinary number of personal friends on both sides of the aisle. But the G.O.P.'s disaster at the polls in November, which shaved its Congressional forces to 153 against 283 Democrats, produced a good deal of "Fire the manager" sentiment among the members of the team...
...Martin's 74 years were held against him. Many Republicans felt that his leadership in political battles had withered into listlessness and lack of imagination compared to his heroic days in 1939 (his first year as Republican leader) when, he boasts, "We had only 169 Republicans in the House, and we beat the New Deal in 18 major battles in a row." Some also hint that his warm friendship with Democratic Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn led Martin to compromise on the Republican position more than necessary...
...consensus opinion was probably best expressed by William C. Mitchell, teaching fellow in Government, who called Rep. Martin "highly experienced and beloved" but felt that he no longer provided the "imaginative and skillful leadership the Republicans need...