Word: wisconsin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...avoid giving Judge Aldrich a chance to repeat the "insult" he delivered to the Senate by refusing to uphold its contempt citation against Leon J. Kamin. The bitterness with which McCarthy accused the Judge of a lack of objectivity in "communist" cases, however, made it seem likely that the Wisconsin Senator was concerned more with his own dignity than that of the Senate, and was anxious to avoid a setback similar to the one he suffered at Kamin's trial...
Calling Aldrich "a demonstrably incompetent judge," the Wisconsin Senator said his "past conduct proves that he will not rule fairly and objectively in a Communist case." He added that Aldrich's refusal to uphold the Senate's contempt citation was an insult. He said, "We should not give him an opportunity to insult the Senate again...
...been lonesome in the Kefauver camp for a long time. Before New Hampshire, hardly anybody would speak to us. After New Hampshire we got a polite 'How do you do.' After Minnesota, they really acted as if they were happy to talk to us. Since the Wisconsin vote some people are so polite it's embarrassing...
...Editor Edward A. Byersdorff of the official publication of the Lutheran Men in America of Wisconsin, suggested that churches jointly hire psychiatrists to help out their pastors, who face "a constant parade of marital, emotional and mental problems . . . While these problems give the pastor an opportunity for a most personal ministry ... it should be recognized that such people frequently need a psychiatrist as well as a pastor . . . Without in any way attempting to minimize the power of the word, or prayer, or comfort that a pastor can bring ... it is obvious that the pastor alone cannot cope with...
...knows exactly how much free callers cost U.S. phone companies every year, but the estimates run well into the millions. The game has grown so fast and so expensive that in the past year 45 states (all except Nebraska, Wisconsin and Louisiana) have adopted regulations similar to the one established last week in Illinois. But at best the rules are only a moral deterrent. For one thing, hard evidence is almost impossible to get. For another, the phone companies hesitate to make a real issue of it -the publicity may give thousands more telephone users ingenious new ideas...