Word: mccormack
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Before the convention last June, Endicott (Chub) Peabody seemed to have the edge over Edward J. McCormack, Jr., nephew of the Democratic Congressional majority leader. When the party convened, however, a fierce battle ensued and police had to be called in to prevent a riot. Amid charges of vote buying and fraud, McCormack won the nomination. Peabody immediately announced he would contest the decision in the primary...
...primary fight was fierce and bitter. Although McCormack won by a comfortable margin, Peabody showed suprising strength. He has since endorsed McCormack, but has done almost no campigning...
...missing from the House debate: any mention of Goldfine's friend, White House Staff Chief Sherman Adams, whose intercession for Goldfine with federal agencies brought on the year's most dramatic congressional investigation (TIME, June 23 et seq.). Notably absent when the House voted: Massachusetts Democrat John McCormack, the House majority leader, a period piece in Goldfine's political collection...
...Admiral was taking nonsense from nobody-not even Massachusetts' Democrat John W. McCormack, chairman of the committee, who made the mistake of observing that one of his subcommittees once recommended that there should be more stability in the technical services of the military establishment. Back came Rickover: "I indict you. You wrote a report and then did nothing to put it into effect...
...plants that would not compete with existing Irish industries, e.g., new plants for chemicals, tools, toys, plywood products. Its yearly goal is to attract $56 million in new industrial investment, create 15,000 jobs. For the bulk of this, Ireland looks to the U.S. Said Booster McCormack in his Manhattan office: "Any American businessman who is interested in Ireland has only to call me, from any part of the country, and I will come to see him in 24 hours...