Word: pauley
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Tydings: Did you say to Mr. Pauley, "This is the rawest proposition I have ever heard...
...Pauley, the onetime oil field mucker who pulled himself into politics "to protect and advance my business operations," knew he was beaten. His good friend Harry Truman also knew that there was no hope ever for Pauley's confirmation as Under Secretary of the Navy...
...Pauley, with the blessing of his good friend, doggedly fought on. The five-week-old hearing of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee had turned into meaningless maneuvering and fiery accusations, but it was still Washington's best show. Last week pink-jowled Harold Ickes, whose earlier performances there had cost him his job as Secretary of the Interior, played a return engagement...
...terrible-tempered star performer was in top form, churlishly contemptuous of questioners and questions. Lean, sarcastic Senator Millard Tydings put oldster Ickes in the witness chair for cross-examination of his testimony about the nub of the Pauley case: the "rawest proposition" which Harold Ickes said Democratic National Treasurer Ed Pauley had made to him about tidelands oil and campaign contributions (TIME...
Tydings: What did you say to Mr. Pauley when this alleged proposal was made to you in September, 1944? Did you throw him out of your office? Did you say, "I don't want to have anything more to do with you"? What...