Word: pittman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...these packs the punch with today's Senators that he did with yesterday's. Yet to defend the most adventurous President since Wilson, the only major figures in sight were Senators even more moribund or inept: old Lewis of Illinois, heavy Barkley of Kentucky, thick-tongued Pittman of Nevada, bumbling McKellar of Tennessee...
...true that the people of the U. S., the writer included, do not like the governments of Japan and Germany, but Pittman's conclusion that Americans have "the right and power to enforce morality and justice . . . and they will" is incredibly naïve, dangerous, and unpatriotic...
...next blow came from a source almost as impressive as State Department or White House. Chairman Key Pittman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee handed out, without preface or elaboration, a concise statement of his view of U. S. foreign relations with totalitarian States. Its text in toto...
Understanding Senator Pittman's words were far too crude for diplomacy. Even from a chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee (who is not expected to be a diplomat) they came perilously close to being a deliberate insult. And there was even a suspicion that they might have been inspired by the White House. In effect, Mr. Ickes having boxed Adolf Hitler's ear, and Mr. Welles having slapped his nose, Mr. Pittman took a roundhouse swing...
...White House he talked for 45 minutes with the President but did not reveal their subjects. Besides touring Washington's historic spots with vigorous Lady Lindsay, the handsome Captain teaed with Mrs. Roosevelt, called on Chief Justice Hughes, was escorted through the Capitol by Chairman Key Pittman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (in morning coat), lunched with Acting Secretary Welles at his country estate. Before sailing for home he said glibly: "My visit has been many times worth while...