Word: mccarran
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...members of the Commitee signed the report immediately except Sen. Pat. McCarran, D., Nev., who asked Frankfurter pointedly whether he subscribes to the doctrines of Marxism and questioned him about his membership in the American Civil Liberties Union...
Marked lightly for Purging, not openly fought, unPurged-Indiana's Van Nuys, Missouri's Clark, Nevada's McCarran, Colorado's Adams, Connecticut's Lonergan...
...last week's primary, will fight it out in November with Republican Harry Stewart, former mayor of Reno. But the Senatorial race in his party brought to mind Mr. Scrugham's eagle story. Young Albert Hilliard, Reno lawyer, tried his wings against roseate Old Senator Patrick Anthony McCarran, who was lightly marked for Purging because of his vote against the Court Bill. On his way through Nevada in July, Franklin Roosevelt encouraged the fledgling New Dealer by calling him "Brother Hilliard." Last week young "Brother Hilliard" crashed to earth as old Pat McCarran soared off witha...
...Franklin Roosevelt's reception at Carlin, Nev. which Senator Pat McCarran turned into a rally for himself. To Senator McCarran, too, another anti-Court plan man, the President gave the silent treatment. But the crowd saw smiling Pat McCarran beside the President and cheered him loudly, shouted for him to speak. "It's nice to see you," grinned happy Pat McCarran. Later the President publicly thanked him for several Nevada trout...
...Everywhere political wiseacres interpreted Franklin Roosevelt's failure to crack down on "naughty" Senators Adams and McCarran-right after the triumph of "naughty" Senator Van Nuys in Indiana [see p. 11]-as "the end of the Roosevelt Party Purge...