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...John Rankin...
...Demagogue" John Rankin did more than hit a "new low" [TIME, Feb. 14] in his attack on the soldiers' vote bill. His sneak attack upon democracy and racial minorities is on a par with the Japanese attack upon Pearl Harbor and the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia. ... A lot of good American boys, according to Rankin, have died in vain...
...most disgusting example of race prejudice and dirty political utterances that I've ever had the misfortune to hear. I'd like to assure Mr. Rankin that servicemen, like elephants, have long memories...
...Constitutionalist. This was the kind of political oratory that the House ate up. But the big point John Rankin wanted to get across was that he opposed the federal ballot-he called it a "bobtailed monstrosity"-because it was unconstitutional. His voice quavered, and his lean finger pointed toward the skylight as he talked of the Constitution. Nothing else would sway John Rankin. "When my conscience is clear . . . I am not afraid of all the forces of evil, everything from Drew Pearson to PM and back to Wendell Will-ah, Walter Winchell." He closed by reciting the whole of Invictus...
...refused to stand up and be counted on the soldiers' vote bill. Now, as Republican Leader Joe Martin saw that he had the votes, a roll call was ordered, and the House howled down the Administration-backed Worley bill, 224-to-168. Then it passed the Eastland-Rankin state-ballot measure...