Word: avoider
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...vote. That's darn good when you consider that the powerful [Hubert Humphrey] organization is against us, and it carries the weight in the cities." In Florida (where Kefauver is entered in the May 29 primary) segregation is a major issue, and Jiggs has advised him to avoid that explosive subject. "I've just told Estes," he explained, "to lay off civil rights now. Sure, it's important, but there are other issues too. Everything's been said that should be. I said to him: 'From now on you believe in the Declaration of Independence...
Justice for Negroes is hard to come by in Alabama though, and a solution for the problem defies everyone but the cloistered idealist. Battle lines are drawn, and only sensitive hands can avoid pulling the hair trigger. Many doubt that Alabama's governor, James E. "Big Jim" Folsom, has the required delicacy. Nonetheless, the Governor has taken a step which is in itself encouraging. By calling for a biracial commission to study race relations throughout the state, Folsom has provided a means for sane communication between Negro and white leaders. Lack of communication is a fundamental cause of misunderstanding...
While Vice-President Nixon was the man most mentioned as the President's probable running mate--a choice which would be calculated to avoid dangerous dissension--many stated that Eisenhower could name his own Vice-Presidential candidate with almost no Republican opposition...
...this era of inflation, any able undergraduate can earn $600 in a summer. But for those who cannot or will not, loan facilities still make it possible to avoid cutting into school work with term-time employment...
...disappointing thing about Mr. Stevenson's views lies not so much in what he says as in what he leaves unsaid. Almost all his opinions seem designed to fit neatly within the currently-accepted range of alternatives and to avoid any issues that might be too unorthodox politically. Thus he says virtually nothing about the segregation problem, and gives no definite idea of whether he, as President, would recognize Communist China or support its membership in the United Nations. Similarly, his views on "Medicine and Public Policy" stress the great need for improved service but fail even to consider...