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Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn spoke for thousands on one side of the question: "We must never give up that the military is subject to and under control of the civilian administration." Indiana's Republican Senator William Jenner reflected the reaction of thousands who took the other side: "Our only choice is to impeach President Truman." But beyond, between and around these two predictable reactions were some noteworthy variations. Examples...
...Daniels in Collier's which would do Harry Truman no good with Congress. In it, Daniels attributed to the President some recommendations for reforming Congress. Most notable: limiting tenure to twelve years. Daniels pointed out that such a limitation would lop off such Democratic pillars as Speaker Sam Rayburn, House Majority Leader John McCormack, Texas' Senator Tom Connally and Virginia's Harry Byrd...
...Take the Risk. A full representation of the 82nd Congress had jammed into the auditorium of the Library of Congress. Leaders of both parties sat on the platform: Speaker Sam Rayburn, frowning at the newsreel lights; the Republicans' Kenneth Wherry, scowling over his thoughts; beetle-browed Joe Martin, wearing the rubbers he had cautiously donned to wade through Washington's slush. What did they expect? Some of them had come hoping for a kind of miracle, an authoritative sweeping-away of all confusions and doubts. What they heard was an unadorned, informal discourse delivered from one page...
...Washington, Texas' Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, starting out on his 3,057th day as Speaker of the House, finally bettered Henry Clay's 125-year-old record by half a day. From members...
Rebellion in the House. In the House, the Administration fared even worse. Texas' solid, bald-domed Sam Rayburn, starting his soth term in Congress, was re-elected Speaker of the House.* A respected and fair-minded presiding officer, he took the chair amidst sounds of good will and harmony. But almost immediately, rebellion broke...