Word: sam
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...SAM SESSKIN...
House Speaker Sam Rayburn fielded this supposed hot potato with the calm of an old pro outfielder gathering in a lazy fly. Said Mr. Sam, with Ways & Means Committee Chairman Wilbur Mills at his elbow: "We are in accord with the President's suggestion that there be no decrease in existing taxes this year." Mills promptly got Ike's proposal reported out of his committee intact...
...others than to voice his own ideas. Now the news spread gradually that here was a man with a tough confidence in a free-operating economy and a determination to keep the U.S. strong in the world. Texan Anderson had one other advantage over George Humphrey: friendship with Texan Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Ruled Mr. Sam 15 years ago: "He's reliable...
...have the most auspicious season, proved himself as an able coach, when he had the material. Next year should see somewhat of an improvement as Captain Bob Shaunessy, Hal Anderson, and Pete Briggs will give the Crimson one of the stronger lines in the Ivy League while Ron Johanson, Sam Halaby, Dick McLaughlin, and Chet Boulris will form a nucleus of the backfield. The problem, as it has been in the past years, will be to replace two good ends, Tom Hooper and John Copeland...
...great pressure of the downward movement will come to an end during the second quarter. It will mill around during the summer and lift in the autumn." The Administration's decision to hold the line on taxes already had the tentative approval of House Speaker Sam Rayburn and House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Wilbur Mills. But there were plenty of critics, both in and out of Congress, waiting for things to get worse...