Word: shafer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Paul W. Shafer, 61, since 1937 a Republican Congressman from Michigan's traditionally conservative Third District; of a liver ailment; in Washington. A onetime newspaperman, Shafer learned his law from correspondence school, became known in the House for bluntly spoken opinion. He demanded a breakoff in diplomatic relations with Russia in 1949, demanded full U.S. recognition of Franco Spain the same year, befriended Korea's Syngman Rhee and warned, in 1947, of the dangers of a divided Korea. In 1952 he introduced a resolution calling for the impeachment of President Truman because he thought Truman had overstepped...
...will bring new research projects with them when they come to the University.Lower right: Three graduate students in the electromagnetic radiation section take data from oscilloscopes and record it in project notebooks. They are, left to right, JOHN M. OSEPCHUK '48, DONALD B. BRICK '50, and CLINTON G. SHAFER...
...SHAFER Lieutenant, U.S.N. Falls Church...
...Senator, who headed the Senate's crime investigation committee, said he "doubted the truth" of the charge made by Rep. Shafer (R-Mich.) that pressure had been exerted on Congressmen "in all ways" in connection with the U.M.T. bill, including the discussion of judgeships...
...attacking one of the main causes of this sensationalism, Rayburn's ruling will minimize the circus element in committee session. But it raises a problem of its own. Immediately after Rayburn's announcement, Representatives Martin, Shafer, and a host of others--mostly staunch Republicans--began howling about censorship. They defended broadcasts and telecasts as highly democratic and educational. Although they have reasons for protesting other than democracy and education, their insincerity does not reduce the cogency of their arguments...