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asked for time and attacked bitterly the additional funds Fogarty was requesting. Fortunately, Cannon was disoriented and thought John was only asking for an additional three million, when it was actually 48 million. Attached are excerpts of Cannon's remarks. Among the things he said were: “I know a bandwagon when I see it, and I'mgoing to get on.” He said, “I know it's wrong, but it's hopeless; you can't do anything today.”

Clarence Cannon said this?

Yes. He said, “This is wrong. This is too much money, but I know a bandwagon when I see it and I'm going to get on.” Here is some more of it: “Now, my good friend, the gentleman from Rhode Island, Mr. Fogarty, moves that we yield to the Senate and put the full amount of the Senate increase aggregating three million above the President's request. Let me say, my friends, I'm going along with him. You know, in a superheated, hysterically-pressured atmosphere like this, nobody is going to vote against home and mother and against free beer. Nobody is going to vote in favor of cancer and heart disease. The answer to that is a foregone conclusion. I regret exceedingly that some of the members were not here before the quorum call to listen to the discussion of this question by the gentleman from New York, Mr. Taber. He presented one of the clearest and most convincing and best argument in discussion of this matter I've ever heard in recent years, all against naturally, but nobody