Word: sam
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...three, the foreign trade program was in the deepest trouble. Just how deep was indicated the day after the President's speech, when House Speaker Sam Rayburn summoned Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks to Capitol Hill. Also present at the closed-door meeting were House Republican Leader Joe Martin and Ways & Means Committee Chairman Wilbur Mills. Rayburn's grim warning to Weeks: the foreign trade bill faces total defeat in the House unless the Administration backs away from its insistence on a five-year extension and increased presidential tariff-cutting authority...
...TIME, May 12). Hopeful of succeeding Rayburn as Speaker one day, Mills was desperately anxious to avoid even the possibility of a similar defeat. But as a longtime supporter of reciprocal trade, he was also anxious to avoid the blame for gutting the Administration bill. He therefore appealed to Sam Rayburn for help in tossing the responsibility back to the Administration-and he got it in the form of the ultimatum to Commerce's Weeks...
...Weld and Fred Vinton both lost, but not without showing the same hustle and drive that characterized the team effort. Tom Freiberg downed Weld, 6-3 9-7, and Sam Schoon-maker beat Vinton...
...last count, those unable to go to Hanover because of labs, studies, and other assorted complaints include Joel Landau, Sandy Dodge, Lee Barnes, Neil Muncaster, John DuMoulin, Sam Halaby, and Pat Liles. In addition, Skip Pescosolido's arm injury will keep him from competing in the javelin...
...only strong at number one, the Bulldogs are so loaded with talent that Sam Schoonmaker, who played number three last spring, has been dropped to six to make room for sophomores Sandy Weiner and Gene Scott, both of whom have had good seasons...