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Harvard is covered by the Post from Washington, too, by special correspondent John G. Kelso. Kelso's writing, sharp and fast-moving, makes easy reading. His favorite Washington lead is "Angry Senators today demanded . . . ," although his stock of Senators is usually limited to McCarran, McClellan, Ferguson, Dirksen and McCarthy...
...field of non-secret information, United States policy is equally hostile to cooperation. Here, the McCarran Act, not security is the issue. Under its clearance system, obtaining visas is a one month process even for the most innocuous. But scientists, automatically viewed as potential spics, face delays of two or three months. Many turn down invitations altogether, to escape the tedious, often embarrassing, red tape...
While shooting scenes in Reno for Johnny Dark, a sports-car story, a Hollywood movie crew hired a local amateur-Nevada's leonine Senator Pat McCarran -to play the role of road-race starter. Although miscast in the silent role, McCarran whipped the green flag down with such artistry that only one retake was necessary. The Senator announced that his $10 pay would go to charity...
Hennings found Watkins on the Senate floor, gave him McCarran's message. Watkins thought awhile. The Senate Judiciary Committee had reported out a bill to admit 220,000, and it had a good chance of passage. On the other hand, crafty Pat McCarran could still do a lot of road-blocking if he chose, and the Senate was already in a squeeze to get through before the scheduled end-of-the-month adjournment. To show that they planned to stir up a big storm, McCarran and his two chief Republican allies, Indiana's Jenner and Idaho...
...Watkins decided to compromise. He told Hennings he would accept 200,000- plus special quotas for 4,000 orphans and 5,000 Europeans who entered the U.S. legally as visitors, and were then stranded when their native countries fell to the Communists. Hennings went back and reported to McCarran. Pressed by Minority Leader Lyndon Johnson, who wanted to avoid a messy floor fight that might hurt some big-city Democratic candidates in 1954, McCarran agreed to accept Watkins' 209,000 offer. That assured the bill's passage in the Senate...