Word: tsutsumi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...already passed the lower house, and Yoshida had the votes to pass it in the upper house as well; but before that could happen, the lower house had to vote a two-day extension of the Diet session. To prevent this, a posse of Socialist members corralled Speaker Yasujiro Tsutsumi in a corner of the chamber, thus kept him from ascending to the chair. A beefy judo expert, Tsutsumi broke through the Socialist ranks and sought refuge in a caucus room...
...Those Louts . . ." For two hours the Liberals mapped their counterattack, then sent a flying wedge to break through the siege lines. The Liberals got Tsutsumi out of the caucus room, started hustling him toward the chair. Battered formations of Socialists, with sweat and melted pomade shining on their foreheads, barred their way. "Forward!" shouted the Liberals. "Stop them!" yelled the Socialists. "Help, help!" screamed the lady Socialists...
...first surge of the Liberals was pushed back. They then tried a flank attack over members' desks. Several Socialist women, kicking and screaming, were dragged out of the way. A Liberal advance party reached the speaker's chair, but Speaker Tsutsumi was not among them. A lady legislator, one of Japan's emancipated women, complained later: "One of those louts tore the sleeve from my sweater, one I picked up in Denmark. If I catch him I'll tear his eyeballs...