Word: protestations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dirk already thrust into the Reber brothers, McCarthy asked General Reber: "Are you aware of the fact that your brother was allowed to resign when charges that he was a bad security risk were made against him as a result of the investigation of this committee?" Jenkins roared in protest. McClellan roared in protest. McCarthy talked on, stuck to his question. General Reber sat in silence, gripping the edges of the witness table until his knuckles showed white. Finally, McCarthy, having made his point over radio and television, dismissed the entire question as unimportant, and grandly said he would withdraw...
...Peter Richardson '56, chairman of the U.N. Council foreign affairs conference this weekend, said that he did not believe that the three groups which have been pressuring the Council have good grounds to protest...
...from the floor, and that the Council had done its best for the Israelis by arranging for Liveran to present their side of the Middle East dispute. In addition, Richardson observed, lest anyone charge the U.N. Council with favoritism, "an Israeli speaker had been invited before there was any protest whatsoever...
...England Zionist Federation, represented by Stanely Shapiro '55, is still adamant, however. "Shapiro sat in on an executive board meeting of the U.N. Council Wednesday night," Richardson explained, "to appeal, protest or pressure us into changing our position...
...Peter Richardson '56, chairman of the conference, yesterday denied rumors that when the Council first planned the program, it excluded the Israeli representative altogether at the request of the Arab delegate, Rafik Asha. It had been reported that the Council scheduled the Saturday seminar only after receiving a formal protest from the Israeli UN delegation...