by Ray Hill | Oct 21, 2012 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill On January 29, 1952, Kenneth McKellar celebrated his eighty-third birthday. He had served as Tennessee’s United States Senator for quite nearly thirty-six years after almost six years spent in the House of Representatives. McKellar was photographed...
by Ray Hill | Oct 14, 2012 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Richard Riedel was a veteran employee of the United States Senate, working almost fifty years in one capacity or another. Riedel first came to the Senate as a nine-year old Page on September 27, 1918. At the time, Riedel was in the fourth grade...
by Ray Hill | Oct 7, 2012 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Kenneth McKellar, Tennessee’s eighty-year-old senior U. S. Senator, had resumed his positions of power and influence inside the Senate. His relations with his new and younger colleague, Estes Kefauver, had not improved. The origin of the dispute had...
by Ray Hill | Sep 30, 2012 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill With President Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, World War II came to an end. The American people were tiring of rationing and the deprivations brought about by the war effort. Change could not come fast enough to suit most people and...
by Ray Hill | Sep 23, 2012 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill In 1945 Senator Kenneth McKellar was seventy-six years old and had served in the United States Senate for twenty-nine years, longer than any other Tennessean. McKellar was at the peak of his influence and power in the Senate. He was the Chairman of the...
by Ray Hill | Sep 16, 2012 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Many have long misunderstood U. S. Senator Kenneth McKellar and his complex relations with the Tennessee Valley Authority; in fact, some still perceive McKellar to have been an opponent of the TVA. The fact is the TVA proved to be so popular in Tennessee...
