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...most powerful supporters, House Armed Services Committee Chairman L. Mendel Rivers, came out in favor of Hershey's harshness. "When," he asked, "did it become a disservice to serve in the armed forces...
...America," declaimed South Carolina's Representative Mendel Rivers, "is too young to die! Meet your challenge! The tocsin sounds, your country calls. We will walk this road together. Tell us your story, and I give you my word you will not bear this cross alone...
...cross, as the 89th annual conference of the National Guard Association needed no reminding, was a burden of criticism unparalleled in the Guard's 331-year history. And Mendel Rivers' philippic, which was extreme even for the highly emotional chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, brought an enthusiastic ovation from some 1,100 delegates assembled in Washington last week...
...opposition chipped away with one amendment after another. One proposed by Indiana's Ross Adair cut $72 million from the Alliance for Progress. Alabama's John Buchanan easily trimmed $25 million from the contingency fund, which is used to meet unforeseen emergencies. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mendel Rivers successfully moved to pare $60 million from military-assistance funds. An amendment sponsored by Illinois' Paul Findley bumped Poland from its cherished status as a favored nation in trade matters...
...deal with these buzzards!" cried South Carolina's Mendel Rivers...