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...union shop (barred by the Railway Labor Act). Virginia's lean, conservative Howard Smith dourly protested. Smith didn't see "why we should confer the Medal of Honor on labor for pulling a railway strike when we've got a war in Korea." When Speaker Sam Rayburn persisted in trying to call up the bill, Smith demanded a roll call...
...House, bald, urbane Speaker Sam Rayburn called his charges to order promptly at noon in the Ways & Means Committee room. The clerk droned through the roll in a rising crescendo of bedlam and backslapping. The House knew, even though the Senate might not admit it, that what remains of the 81st Congress would be full of sound & fury, signifying nothing. The principal task of the lame-duck session, triumphant Bob Taft had said, was to "adjourn...
Though the Republicans gained 30 seats in the House, the Democrats still had a majority of 36. Texas' Sam Rayburn would be re-elected Speaker, Massachusetts' John McCormack majority leader. All chairmanships would remain in Democratic hands, but the chairmen of 13 of the 19 standing committees would be Southern Democrats. According to their political records, House members would divide roughly into 54% against the Fair Deal...
...House Speaker Sam Rayburn: ". . . Under the circumstances ... a good endorsement of the Democratic Administration...
Both parties will have their tough, experienced leaders back. Shiny-pated Speaker Sam Rayburn, 69, ran without opposition in his Texas district; Majority Leader John McCormack of Massachusetts and all of the important Democratic committee chairmen also won. The G.O.P. will again be guided by Minority Leader Joe Martin of Massachusetts, Whip Leslie Arends of Illinois...