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Clouse was unanimously named best speaker of the evening by the judging panel, which included Overton Hume Taylor, lecturer on Economics, Phillip G. Frank, lecturer on Physics and Mathematics, and Charles D. Hyson of the Economic Department...
Answering the roll call of last week's extraordinary caucus were such practiced pork-barrelers as Tennessee's cob-nosed Kenneth McKellar, Mississippi's Bilbo and Rankin, Louisiana's paunchy John Overton. Bilbo, still convalescing from inflammation of the mouth (see PEOPLE), apologized for his inability to orate. Overton, running two degrees of fever, left early. But others jumped up to accuse Harry Truman of defying the will of Congress...
...delaying action began as soon as the Senate convened the next day. Louisiana's paunchy John H. Overton announced that he had noted "a number of errors" in the Congressional Journal, asked that it be read aloud. As soon as the clerks began to drone he began to interrupt-commas and semicolons, he believed, had been improperly used. Genially, wordily, he then discussed old Southern religion and kindred matters. He was still at it when the Senate recessed for the week...
...Senators Overton and McKellar tried to force an amendment limiting "flight skins" to a maximum of $1,500 a year. Junior officers could still take comfort: nobody below the rank of major, and only a few majors, would be affected-but senior officers in both services clamored loudly...
...became clear that William Green's A.F. of L. was out hot & heavy to beat the grey-haired, wide-eyed New Dealer. The argument: he was hooked up to C.I.O., hence would be influenced in decisions on wages and labor problems. Said Louisiana's paunchy John H. Overton, who led the fight against confirmation: "Our merchant marine is resting now on a powder keg because of the antagonism between the C.I.O. and A.F. of L. I don't want to light the fuse." Said Illinois' Scott Lucas, leading the fight for the Administration, "the basic reason...