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Speaker Sam Rayburn himself descended from his rostrum to try to repair the damage. Said he: "I am not happy about our situation in the world, nor in the U.S., nor in this House . . . I notice this House, in glee, and . . . without a great deal of reason, cutting the appropriations in this bill . . . below what those in charge, and who are supposed to know the most about world affairs, said was necessary." But the Vorys cuts carried-the most important one by 221 to 137 (160 Republicans and 61 Democrats-mostly Southern -voted for, 127 Democrats and ten Republicans voted...
...sort of Dutch treat. The Queen won more friends when she addressed a joint session of Congress the next day. Unawed by the glare of television lights or the big, crowded chamber, she pulled off her right glove with a quick movement, shook hands with Speaker Sam Rayburn and Vice President Alben Barkley, took out her speech-most of which she had written herself-tilted her chin toward the galleries, and went right to work...
Vice President Alben Barkley, who will be 75 in November, was thinking about announcing that he is a candidate. House Speaker Sam Rayburn's name was mentioned (he said he isn't a candidate). Farther afield, other names popped up: James A. Farley, Averell Harriman, Connecticut's Brien McMahon. Michigan's Governor Mennen ("Soapy") Williams said wistfully: "Some of my friends think that some day -I'm going to make...
...Iowa Democratic Chairman Jake More said he is personally "very friendly" to Oklahoma's Senator Robert Kerr. ¶ Senator Kerr's Oklahoma colleague, Senator Mike Monroney, said he thinks House Speaker Sam Rayburn is "a natural" for the job. Another Rayburn man: Texas Representative Wright Patman...
...this UMT bill actually passes Congress, the issue will be dead. Its inadequacy will make no difference, for the tide will have run out permanently. If Speaker Rayburn and Representative Vinson are really looking at the moon, and not some incandescent globe they have set up themselves, they will stop trying to appease hostile Representatives and present Congress with a full UMST program...