Word: mccormack
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bills proposing changes in the Presidential succession law are now mouldering in assorted Congressional subcommittees; there is apparently no chance that any will emerge in the near future. Although there is almost unanimous agreement that the present law should be amended, no one expects a change while Speaker McCormack upholds his right to the first place in the line of succession...
...John McCormack will not be Speaker forever; perhaps if he is followed by someone with more flexible views on Presidential succession, the Congress will act on the matter. The issue should not be forgotten once the vice-Presidency is again filled. Several of the bills that are currently gathering dust could solve the problem...
Cloherty, who served two terms in the House and was endorsed by House Speaker John W. McCormack, had no statement last night. He is a former director of the Massachusetts World's Fair Commission...
Speaker John McCormack hesitated, insisting that he had to consult the President first. That took three hours-and when he finally told Halleck that the deal had been approved, Halleck snapped: "You are too late. It cannot be done." During the interval, it seemed, one of Halleck's Rules Committee Republicans had taken off for home...
...attempt by the Midwest isolationist wing of the Republican Party, headed by Mr. Halleck, to seize control of the party and impose its will on the foreign policy of the United States." President Johnson delayed his Christmas trip back to Texas, wrote in a memorandum to Speaker McCormack: "It is not difficult to imagine the reaction of the rest of the world if the first disagreement between Congress and the new President results in a restriction upon the powers of the President...