Word: mckellars
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Senator McKellar: "Indeed...
...Reynolds adjusted his bow tie, thanked the distinguished Senator from Tennessee. He liked the McKellar resolution so well he read it to the Senate again. Then he opened...
This was all very gratifying to Senator McKellar, except that Bob Reynolds seemed to be running for a touchdown with McKellar's ball. Hastily Senator McKellar rose to explain that he had intended to make a speech later on, expanding his ideas. But when it came to islands around the Panama Canal, he was for taking them all. And it might be, he added, that the U.S. would need some islands farther north. He just wanted to assure the distinguished Senator from North Carolina that the resolution could always be amended to take in more territory...
...Senator McKellar: "All the islands in the Atlantic and Pacific near the Panama Canal are included...
...that afternoon was about as satisfactory as any Bob Reynolds had had in his twelve years in the Senate. He bowed low to the chair and to Senator McKellar, saying: "Mr. President, I am really indebted to the Senator from Tennessee for bringing this matter...