Arthur Christiansen Quotes
We never waste space saying, 'On the one hand.' We just state an opinion in a Godlike voice.
Christiansen, Arthur. Headlines All My Life. Heinemann, 1961.
He was then a senator. The General would not follow the President’s policy of limiting the Korean war to Korea and publicly advocated and threatened to expand the war to China. See {41470} for President Truman’s policy explanation.
Barstow the Democratic Governor who had no serious opposition in 1853 found himself challenged for reelection by Coles Bashford of the new Republican Party. The Board of Canvassers reported that Governor Barstow had won reelection but by less than 200 votes in the whole state. The Republicans charged that there had been fraud in some of the rural districts and petitioned the Wisconsin Supreme Court which ruled that nonexistent precincts had indeed voted for the Governor. Barstow however refused to recognize the decisions of the court claiming that the court had no jurisdiction over the Board of Canvassers who were part of the executive branch. The Republicans held their own inauguration and two men claimed to be Governor. But the Governor claimed that the state constitution did not give the court any authority to deal with the crisis, He even called out the State Militia to maintain his office and intimidate the Supreme Court and keep the “other governor” from the state house. Nonetheless the court ruled that even the Governor had to obey the law and the Supreme Court would determine what the law was. Barstow finally “resigned.” See {587915} & {587917}.
Refusing to negotiate with terrorist kidnappers of Americans:
Arthur Robin Christiansen was a British journalist, and editor of Lord Beaverbrook's newspaper the Daily Express from 1933 to 1957.
