Word: benton
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...creation of a national commission to report on "low blows" delivered in political campaigns was urged by William Benton, former Senator from Connecticut, at the Law Forum in Sanders Theatre last night...
...Benton, the final speaker on the topic, "Ethics and Politics," said that such an Elections Practices Commission, composed of distinguished non-partisan citizens, could sponsor an "era of public enlightenment which our politics desperately needs...
This was the third point made by Benton in a four-part discussion of ways to remedy present corrupt practices in politics and government. This commission, Benton said, would issue reports every two years after an election, acting as "a kind of referee to report on low blows delivered during the heat of campaigns...
Preceding Benton on the program were two New York State politicians, Carmine G. DeSapio, N.Y. Secretary of State, and head of Tammany Hall, the new York Country Democratic organization; and Jacob K. Javits, Attorney General of N.Y., and a leading Republican...
Carmine G. DeSapio, Jacob K. Javits, and William Benton will speak at the Law School forum on "Ethics in Politics" at 8 o'clock tonight in Sanders Theater. The moderator will be David F. Cavers, Associate Dean of the Law School...