Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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letter-writing campaign in of civil rights legislation will with distribution of leaflets the Yard, and at Radcliffe. backed by the Young the Young Democrats, and Union, will urge Congressmen to vote for the voting bill and a Constitutional abolishing the poll...
...Congressmen, even North-, may make the to whether the bill passes or not," claimed. "Not necessarily they will vote for it, but because pressure may make them...
...will hand out copies of the Mansfield-Dirksen bill and sample texts for letters and telegrams. For students who want to write on the spot, typewriters, paper, and postcards will be provided at the booths. Also, campaign workers will be equipped with maps of Congressional districts and lists of Congressmen for letter-writers who don't know the name of their Representative...
What messed things up was an amendment offered by Pennsylvania Democrat Francis E. ("Tad") Walter. It would have scrapped a redistricting plan already painfully worked out in Pennsylvania, forcing the state to start again from scratch-or run all its Congressmen at large. After hot dispute, the amendment was adopted...
...Administration's great good luck is that Congress now has no articulate and commanding protectionist zealot. But there will be abundant opposition from Congressmen whose home folks stand to feel an import pinch, and from armies of lobbyists from such industries as textiles, chemicals, glass and electronics...