Word: strausses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Case of Lewis Strauss...
...found your June 15 story on Lewis Strauss most interesting and informative. It told not only about him but of the pettiness of our Congressmen. To refuse a capable man a position because of personality, rather than wrongdoing, reflects the immaturity of some of our Congressmen and is a strong mark against our country...
Regarding the case of Lewis Strauss: Voltaire, a great mind with insight into human nature, spoke with profound prophecy in his Catiline...
...kept either party from nominating a U.S. Senator since Republicans put up Ohio's Warren Gamaliel Harding for President in 1920. Senators make enemies in their votes on controversial issues, and this year's crop is no exception (e.g., the Democratic vote against confirmation of Lewis Strauss as Commerce Secretary). Moreover, presidential candidates in the Senate are having a great deal of trouble keeping their luster in the current squabble over Democratic Party policy (see The Congress) and are suffering from overexposure to the voters. Aspiring Governors cannot claim to influence foreign policy, but they have...
...York Times's Columnist Arthur Krock: Since many of the reasons given by Senators as outweighing [Strauss's] extraordinary achievements were captious, plainly contrived, palpably the result of political or personal pressure or vindictive, it is not inconceivable the American people will produce a much larger majority for Strauss than the Senate produced against...