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...persons have been indicted for making false statements under the Communist affidavit clause of the Taft-Hartley Act. Of these, one conviction has been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Progress Without Joe | 12/13/1954 | See Source »

Senate Leader. Two years ago, before the late Robert A. Taft claimed the majority leadership. Bill Knowland brashly announced his own candidacy for the post. Then, during his fatal illness, Taft appointed him acting majority leader. Helen Knowland foresaw her husband's difficulty as majority leader. Wrote she: "He's never had to compromise, but he'll have to now, and that will be hard work. Billy will need a new technique." Billy tried compromise and met with some notable failures (e.g., last winter's Bricker Amendment wrangle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SENATOR KNOWLAND: SENATOR KNOWLAND | 12/13/1954 | See Source »

...propose the names of Ezra Taft Benson and Arthur V. Watkins to share the honor? It is fitting that these Utahans epitomize the renaissance taking place in American politics, wherein honesty, virtue and human dignity are the prevailing guideposts directing governmental relations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 6, 1954 | 12/6/1954 | See Source »

...into my arms the Senator from Minnesota [Democrat Hubert Humphrey], a friend of mine. The Senator from New York [Democrat Herbert Lehman] then decided to get into the fray, on the back of the Senator from Indiana. He was, in turn, thrown back into the studio. The late Senator Taft-I never knew he came from the West-bulldogged the Senator from New York, took him around the head and led him out; and soon thereafter, peace and quiet prevailed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Elbow Grease | 11/29/1954 | See Source »

FARM PRICE PROPS will drop even further this year. Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson feels that the Midwest election returns have justified his flexible price-support program, will now push for lower supports whenever practical. First to be chopped: feed grains, now supported at 85% of parity, which will probably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: TIME CLOCK, Nov. 22, 1954 | 11/22/1954 | See Source »

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