For almost three days last week, the Senate's top Republicans, in full cry, went after Texas' 72-year-old Tom Connally. Long-haired Senator Connally was being crossed, and he yields to no man in his dislike of opposition.
Chewing on a cold cigar and occasionally spitting dangerously into his brass gaboon, he stood at his Senate desk, bellowing with annoyance, dealing out forensic cuffs and insults while his horn-rimmed glasses slipped lower & lower on his nose.
The question at issue was Point Four, the President's "bold new program" for steering private U.S. capital into...
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