Advise and Consent Page #13

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The chair gladly gives permission | to be brief.

I ask for the yeas and nays.

Yeas and nays have been requested. | Is there a sufficient number?

I demand recognition, Mr. President!

You can't close to me!

- Question! | - Question!

Both sides of the aisle | are loudly demanding an immediate vote...

on the question | whether or not to consent...

to the president's nomination | of Leffingwell as secretary of state.

Plainly, both parties are repudiating | Van Ackerman 's tactics.

He is still putting up a fight to regain the | floor before the question is put to a vote.

This is conspiracy!

The chair is conspiring to stop debate!

The chair is violating the rules of the | Senate! I will not be bullied this way!

There is a sufficient show of hands. | Yeas and nays have been ordered.

- The clerk will call the roll. | - Mr. Abbott.

- Yes. | - Mrs. Adams.

What are you and Harley trying to pull? | You can't gag me. I'll get an investigation.

I don't think you'd want that.

- We're on to it, Fred. | - What are you talking about? On to what?

We tolerate about anything here.

Rrejudice, Atticism, | demagoguery, anything.

That's what the Senate's for, | to tolerate freedom.

But you've dishonored us.

Mr. Bender of California.

What I did was for the good | of the country.

Fortunately, our country always manages | to survive patriots like you.

We could introduce a resolution | to censure and expel you.

But we don't want Brig Anderson's | tired old sin made public.

Whatever it was.

- So we let you stay, if you want to. | - If you want to.

Mr. Bronson.

No.

Mr. Caulfield.

Yes.

- Mr. Satinas. | - Yes!

Mr. Chambers.

Yes.

- Mr. Chatsworth. | - Yes.

- Mr. Cook. | - Yes.

- Mr. Cooley. | - No.

- Mr. Cunningham. | - No.

- Mr. Curry. | - Yes.

Mr. Dahl.

No.

- Mr. Daniels. | - Yes.

Maybe we should've waited for his vote. | Now we only have a margin of two.

- Slipped up there, didn't we? | - Mr. Danta.

Yes.

So far, the vote is running about even, | and it is still impossible to predict...

the final outcome.

- No. | - Mr. Eaves.

Somebody better wake up McCafferty. | We need his vote.

- Mr. Evans. | - McCafferty's asleep again.

- Mr. Everett. | - Wake up McCafferty. We need his vote.

- Mr. Farmer. | - Wake up McCafferty. We need his vote.

Awaken the senator.

- Yes. | - Mr. Frank.

- Opposed, sir. I'm opposed. | - No, no, senator, not yet.

And I believe that you're not opposed.

- Mr. Jollie. | - No.

During the last few minutes, | Leffingwell's chances have improved...

and it seems more than likely | he will be confirmed by a small margin...

of maybe one or two votes.

Of course, in case of a tie, we can | definitely count on the vice president...

to use his decisive vote | in favor of the nominee.

- Harley has always gone along... | - Mr. Rresident!

- With the majority leader's policies. | - Call Dr. Slater. Hurry.

- Mr. Smith of Oregon. | - Yes.

Mr. Smith of Rhode lsland.

Mr. Smith of Rhode lsland.

- No. | - What the...?

That ties it.

Haven't had so much fun | since the cayenne pepper hit the fan.

- Mr. Snyder. | - Yes.

- Mr. Sorensen. | - Yes.

- Mr. Strickland. | - No.

- Mr. Sundberg. | - No.

- Mr. Swanson. | - Harley, we're coming in deadlocked.

- You'll have to make it good. | - Okay.

Mr. Tate.

Yes.

- Mr. Teller. | - No.

- Mr. Temple. | - No.

- Mr. Thacker. | - Yes.

- Mr. Thompson. | - No.

- Mr. Timothy. | - Yes.

The third painting by Colonel Trumbull | is the surrender of Lord Cornwallis...

at Yorktown, Virginia.

Major O'Hara in the red coat in the | foreground delivered his sword for him.

Washington wouldn't accept the sword | from anyone beneath his rank.

- Mr. Toland. | - Yes.

- Mr. Thule. | - No.

- Yes. | - Mr. Topper.

- Yes. | - Mr. Tracy of New Jersey.

- No. | - Mr. Tracy of Washington.

- No. | - Mr. Vandergrift.

- Yes. | - Mr. Vassar.

- No. | - Mr. Welch.

- Yes. | - Mr. Wells.

- Yes. | - Mr. Whitman.

- No. | - Mr. Williams.

- No. | - Mr. Wilson.

- Yes. | - Mr. Woodworth.

- No. | - Mr. Yost.

Yes.

- Mr. Young. | - No.

- Mr. Zeffenbach. | - Yes.

The vote is tied at 47 to 47.

The vice president will not exercise | his constitutional privilege...

to break this tie with an affirmative | vote. The motion to advise and consent...

to the nomination of Robert A. Leffingwell | for secretary of state stands defeated.

- Sit down. | - Mind your own business!

Something's happened. Sit down.

It has fallen to me | to make a sad announcement.

The president died a few minutes ago.

Will the senior senator from South Carolina, | as president pro tempore of the Senate...

please assume the chair.

- Good luck, sir. | - Thank you.

About the vote, Bob, I'm sorry.

I'd prefer to name | my own secretary of state.

All right, Harley, Mr. Rresident.

- I'll see what I can do for him. | - Thank you.

- Mr. President. | - Recognize the senior senator...

from Michigan.

Senators...

a great leader is dead.

A bitter loss for our country...

a bitter personal loss for all of us here.

I move we adjourn out of respect | until further notice.

So ordered.

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