Word: recording
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...There is nothing in her record to indicate to me that Mrs. Luce is qualified to be a diplomat . . . The role for which I believe she is well qualified is that of political hatchetman; she does very well at making inflammatory and demagogic political speeches; she and her husband contribute heavily to the Republican coffers. And for this she is being rewarded with an ambassadorship...
...political speeches (the latest from 1952) that he had attacked earlier at the committee hearing, especially her "lied us into war" remark about Franklin D. Roosevelt. Morse's case against that one sentence, spoken 15 years ago, sprawled over 17 small-print three-column pages in the Congressional Record. He called the remark "subversive," "evil," "sinister," "untruthful," "hysterical" and "unpatriotic...
...comedy done, the Senate finally-after a debate that took up some 65,000 words in the Congressional Record-got around to confirming Clare Luce as Ambassador to Brazil. The vote: a lopsided 79 (33 Republicans, 46 Democrats) to 11 (all Democrats...
...Carl Curtis) the Senate overrode the veto 64 to 29 with two votes to sp: re. But Indiana's Charles Halleck, the shrewd minority leader in the House, had already taken a reading, saw a fighting chance to defeat the bill and sustain Ike's perfect veto record...
...varsity baseball team has a good chance to bounce back from its 6-0 loss Wednesday to Brown, when it takes on a relatively weak Holy Cross nine this afternoon at Soldiers Field. A win today will put the team on the winning side of the record book for tomorrow's game here with Cornell...