From Washington Straight

The storm kicked up by the publication of The Liberal Papers continues to swirl around the nation. Democratic House members of the Liberal Project, which dreamed up the idea of putting together these essays on surrender, have, with the exception of Congressmen Kastenmeier and Roosevelt, run for cover like frightened hares.

A week ago ten GOP freshman congressmen took the floor of the House to examine The Liberal Papers chapter by chapter. As a matter of courtesy the group’s chairman, Rep. Robert Stafford (former Governor of Vermont), wrote to the seven surviving members of the Liberal Project (five of the original twelve were bounced out of their seats in a stirring exercise of good judgment by their constituents back in 1960) and invited them to be present. To a man, they all had something else to do. One member, Rep. Reuss (D., Wis.) explained that he had absolutely no connection with the Liberal Project or The Liberal Papers and included a thinly veiled warning that any mention of his name in connection with the Project would be dimly regarded by him.

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The storm kicked up by the publication of The Liberal Papers continues to swirl around the nation. Democratic House members of the Liberal Project, which dreamed up the idea of putting together these essays on surrender, have, with the exception of Congressmen Kastenmeier and Roosevelt, run for cover like frightened hares.

A week ago ten GOP freshman congressmen took the floor of the House to examine The Liberal Papers chapter by chapter. As a matter of courtesy the group’s chairman, Rep. Robert Stafford (former Governor of Vermont), wrote to the seven surviving members of the Liberal Project (five of the original twelve were bounced out of their seats in a stirring exercise of good judgment by their constituents back in 1960) and invited them to be present. To a man, they all had something else to do. One member, Rep. Reuss (D., Wis.) explained that he had absolutely no connection with the Liberal Project or The Liberal Papers and included a thinly veiled warning that any mention of his name in connection with the Project would be dimly regarded by him.