Word: subpoenae
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Also present was one August Hartkorn, a venerable, white-goateed Manhattan handwriting expert, summoned by a Governor's subpoena. Expert Hartkorn, who looks like a character from Life With Father, was a not-too-willing guest; he did not want to get involved in politics, he said. The Governor handed him a Bible, swore him in, commanded him to talk...
Congress' Answer. The anti-strike bill would give WLB legal status and the authority to subpoena witnesses. It would also crunch labor generally, in a manner inconceivable a few months ago. All last week the pressure on the President was terrific. Many New Deal advisers and most of Capitol Hill, out to crack down John Lewis once & for all, urged him to sign the bill. Labor, furious at being penalized for Lewis' tactics, ganged up solidly against it. The bill itself was a poor one, but it was a potent club to hold over John Lewis...
...Give the War Labor Board power to subpoena witnesses...
...said she told him to "Take one good shot and end my misery"). When a candid photo of her with Benny and his sister was shown in court and Benny was asked to point out which were his arms, Benny candidly couldn't. When subpoena-shy Yvette Colbert went west, Hannah's countersuit went west too. Both sides admitted there was nothing more to tell. Next move was the referee...
...stand with long, measured steps: one-two-three-four. He bowed twice, sat down, sighed. Two tiny spring flowers, one white, one lavender, peeped from the lapel of his flowing black coat. His broad jowls were momentarily at rest, his eyebrows arched like innocent cupid's bows. Under subpoena by the Truman Committee, John Lewis had appeared gladly. There he sat, as guileless and patient as a volcano. He was ready to explain his threat of a coal strike...