Word: congressmen
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...analysis of legislative-executive activity and other developments affecting the civil rights movement. It will relay this information to the Mississippi group and to key centers of civil rights activity such as Atlanta, Ga. The office will attempt to influence action on civil rights and civil liberties by contacting Congressmen, federal agencies and officials, and private organizations...
Conservative Congressmen questioned the need for the "Domestic Peace Corps" and opposed the $5 million expenditure the President has requested for the new program...
When the House voted to cut appropriations for Powell's Education and Labor Committee by 40%, the word from Powell's side was that Negro-hating Southern Congressmen arranged the reduction. Last week, after Powell attacked the N.A.A.C.P. on the strange ground that it is controlled by whites, the sober New York Times rumbled that he was "busily making himself one of the greatest enemies of the American Negro in public life." Powell had his answer ready. The Times, he said, is "very biased...
King did not know how many Washington summer jobs would be affected by the change in policy. But he pointed out that the Commission has stated that the change will not apply to summer internships and other jobs with Congressmen...
...Gard Wiggins, Administrative Vice President, explained that the Public Health Service reformed its research grant procedures under the pressure of Congressmen seeking to eliminate waste. Officials in the Health Service have said that the size of their grant program has forced them to follow a stricter fiscal policy...