Deputy Dr. Thomas F. O'Higgins, the doughty man, rose in the Dail Eireann last week to complain that Prime Minister Eamon de Valera had called the Opposition "cubs."
O'Higgins: "The Taoiseach [leader, i.e., De Valera] said, 'I always enjoy the violence and the bellowing of the cubs on the opposite benches.' "
De Valera: "I did not use that word."
O'Higgins: "It is in the official report."
De Valera:"...! deny absolutely that I used the word. ... I used a couple of words from Homer which mean 'the resounding sea. . . .' "
O'Higgins: ". . . the official record is there. ....
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