Word: statements
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Damn Thing." But the President's pleas, including a public statement issued on the day the House was to vote on foreign-aid appropriations, seemed only to irritate the Democratic leadership of the House. Said Louisiana's Democratic Representative Otto Passman, leader of the forces aiming to slash foreign aid: "What the President wants does not mean a damn thing to me unless it makes sense." Growled Speaker Sam Rayburn: "Sometimes Congressmen shoot and cut in another direction if they are not in good humor." And Mr. Sam made it clear that he was in a foul humor...
...Tools. As the group headed off from Moscow's Yaroslavsky Station amid a blare of brass bands, the Rev. Mr. McKenna read a statement signed by 32 members of the group. "We believe in the right of citizens to travel." he said. "We reject the notion that we are a tool of Communist propaganda." Not 24 hours later one of the group, Brooklyn's Larry Moyer, was pumping out glowing dispatches for the United Press about Communism's "oceans of golden wheat . . . big factories and golden domes of Byzantine churches . . . new industrial giants seldom visited by foreigners...
...Goodie Knight is having none of this. In a statement drafted this week, Knight announced with finality that he will campaign for another term. Forswearing any presidential ambitions of his own, he added a well-placed kick at Knowland's shins. Said Knight: "The Republican Party in California has two potential contenders for the presidency of the U.S. in 1960, both able and distinguished men. The governor's office is far too important to the welfare of the people of this state to be allowed to become a pawn in the presidential contest. No candidate should be pressed...
...Approved a controversial statement (TIME, Aug. 12) urging that nations testing nuclear weapons stop such tests for a trial period, even lacking international agreements, in hopes that other governments might follow their example...
...farmer and cattle dealer who lives half a mile outside Fethard), met in Dublin with a representative of the Catholics of Fethard-on-the-Sea. Kelly agreed to do all he could to find the Cloney children and restore them to their father, and the two men released a statement that all Ireland interpreted as a treaty of peace. As a reporter for the Irish Times put it: "There was no rejoicing in Fethard-on-the-Sea yesterday, but there was a new air of hope in the village. Obviously, however, [the boycott] will not disappear as though...