Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...lead article in the new publication prints 21 letters from some authors, baseball players, and rightwing congressmen, all of whom are angry with Henry Luce and the rewrite men of Time. Presumably, the letters are meant to present "facts" about Time magazine. And if, as a good student, one believes that all facts should be underlined, here are some which deserve penciling...
Opponents of HUAC deserve a chance to debate not only the Committee's dubious activities, but also the economy of its operation. If HUAC uses tricks to avoid its critics, it will only convince more Congressmen that it should be abolished...
...House defeated a $545-million all-inclusive pay bill last week when opponents forced a roll-call vote. Many congressmen were reluctant to go on record
...threw out districts that varied from the average by twenty-six per cent. The New York Legislature--or rather, the Republican majority of that legislature--apparently anticipated the new rules. Its 1961 reapportionment has shown how the game of getting one's views represented in Washington and eliminating obnoxious Congressmen can still be played with equal-population rules. New York's districts vary no more than eighteen per cent from the average, but they were obviously drawn with considerable care. New York City's nineteen districts have a seemingly irrational assortment of twisted and contorted shapes. The Sixteenth District even...
Anyone who glances at 1962 election results will, find a rational explanation for these districts: The three Republican Congressmen from the City have safe districts, and Republicans in a good year should be able to pick up two others...