Word: congressman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fisted Congressman Martin Dies had been able to call Orson Welles's Martians before his Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities he could not have extracted a more lurid story than he got last week. Witnesses testified in all seriousness to their belief...
Facts adduced: 1) many a Congressman digs into his own pocket to pay an extra clerk: 2) Congressional mail has increased 30% to 40% in the last eight years; 3) the demands of constituents for personal services, information, political nose-wiping of every sort burden the laziest members of the House, multiply the burdens of Congressmen who try to do more than run errands. Facts not denied: 1) many a Congressional relative does roost on the House payroll, even though he or she may have to work for the privilege while Congress is in session; 2) short-handed though many...
...flown German planes, knew they were fast but had not been allowed to use airspeed indicators. The German planes he saw were not so elaborately made as U. S. craft, could not haul bombs across the Atlantic. He told so little (scarelines in newspapers notwithstanding) that one Congressman privately asked the Air Corps' Major General Henry Arnold, who was present, whether the witness was holding...
...Taft, who is well up in the polls, is at the top in the perhaps wishful ratings of Republican strategists in Washington. The Gallup Poll last week published results of a check on radio listeners who tuned in Bob Taft's debates with pro-New Deal Congressman-Professor T. V. Smith of Illinois. The tally as to which had better arguments: Taft 66%, Smith 34%. Since Bob Taft is a notably inept speaker, and Representative Smith a notably skilled one, the judgment was as much a comment on the New Deal's unpopularity as on the junior Senator...
...Francisco's Golden Gate Fair: ex-Governor Alfred E. Smith was proclaimed Mayor of Treasure Island. Cracked he: "What we need in this country is good old-fashioned 'come-outside-and-put-me-out' Americanism." Others: Congressman Martin Dies (to harangue a patriotic meeting), Diva Grace Moore, Shirley Temple and parents...