Word: speakers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seven staggered rows of seven white stars set in a blue canton within the field of 13 alternate red and white stripes. Said the President as he signed: "Well, that is a historic thing." And at ceremony's end he noted to the special guests, Vice President Nixon, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. Alaska Senators-elect E. L. ("Bob") Bartlett, Ernest Gruening, Interior Secretary Fred A. Seaton, that a 50th star-for Hawaii-could be added to the national flag quite simply by putting eight stars in the middle...
...open letter that "the club needs fresh spirit, and White will give it the responsible leadership it must have to become a respected part of the University community. When I left office, the club was unified for an active election year, but the present administration has had no national speaker or general meeting...
...lack of imagination compared to his heroic days in 1939 (his first year as Republican leader) when, he boasts, "We had only 169 Republicans in the House, and we beat the New Deal in 18 major battles in a row." Some also hint that his warm friendship with Democratic Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn led Martin to compromise on the Republican position more than necessary...
Halleck was the only man with a chance to oust Martin. He had the argument of experience (majority leader while Martin was Speaker in the 80th and 83rd Congresses). And his voting record oscillated enough to please both conservatives and liberals (isolationist until Pearl Harbor, strong backing for the war effort afterwards; firm opposition to Administration-backed social welfare measures until 1953, warm support of very similar measures afterwards...
...some 30 years, smiled broadly and spoke confidently of the years ahead. He scarcely glanced at a small scrap of paper holding his brief notes, as he addressed the 1,700 members of Nationalist China's Mainland Recovery Planning Board. He stood straight without leaning on the speaker's stand, occasionally sipped from a glass of boiled water...