Word: congressmen
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...same problem Congressmen face in patronage fights. The unsophisticated observer thinks Congressmen love to hand out patronage -- like postmasterships in small towns. The truth is they hate it. For, as one Congressman puts it: 'The day before you choose your postmaster, you have ten friendly supplicants and sycophants. The day after, you have nine violent critics--and one ingrate...
Majestic Wake. It was a humbling experience for some of the 60 U.S. Congressmen who attended the funeral, and found themselves forced to wait outside. "I'm Fred Schwengel," announced the Iowa Representative. "What's your business?" came the curious reply. Illinois' Senator Charles Percy, Maine's Edmund Muskie and Texas' Ralph Yarborough had to stay outside the church. Auto Workers Boss Walter Reuther was shoved brusquely aside with the rest when a burly Negro marched through crying: "Make way for Wilt, everybody, let Wilt come through." Into the church, his faintly smiling face high...
Harry Truman signed on as honorary chairman, symbolizing, along with James Farley and George Meany, the old guard. Senators Walter Mondale of Minnesota and Fred Harris of Oklahoma represent youngish liberals. There were senior Congressmen from Wisconsin, Michigan, Texas and California. Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana, Mayor Ivan Allen of Atlanta and former Governor Terry Sanford of North Carolina stand for the moderate South. Other prominent names: Economist Robert Nathan, vice chairman of Americans for Democratic Action; Ben Heineman, chairman of the Chicago and North Western Railway Co.; Richard Maguire, treasurer of the Democratic National Committee during the Kennedy Administration...
Letters to Congressmen are not enough. Students could well organize themselves to campaign strongly against carefully selected Senators and Congressmen who have opposed legislation that could help Negroes, and particularly the urban-deprived. These Congress-men should be forewarned face to face by groups of students, of the activity and the reasons for it. Congressmen should be selected in such a way that their opponents, if elected, will not be worse. This takes careful work; a combing of voting records and public statements...
...tough Administration bill with all the formidable resources at its command. The association has a $9 million yearly budget financed by membership fees and advertising in the American Rifleman. With this money the NRA Washington headquarters at 1600 Rhode Island Avenue sends a constant stream of news releases to congressmen and notices to gun owners--all designed to cow congressmen into killing gun laws...