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But Conyers is much more than an extremely liberal, very junior Congressman. He is privately acknowledged by the press and Congressional leadership to be the most capable and assertive Negro in Congress, now that Powell is out of power. A 37-year-old veteran of the Korean War and former...
He also manages to spend as many as three days a week -- even when the House is in session -- in his home district, which is 65 per cent Negro. Unlike Powell, who generally stays away from his constituents, or Rep. William Dawson of Chicago, who is the archtypal ward leader...
Most important, Conyers is perhaps the first Negro political leader who has clearly made it with the Establishment.
But Conyers got what he wanted; it was at least conceivable that Powell would be sworn in. Conyers emerged as a primary architect of the save-Powell campaign, and his remarks in the report stamped him as anything but a "sellout." Perhaps most important, his personal views -- considerably and understandably...
This is John Conyers' secret. He is one of the most radical Congressmen in the country. Easily the most militant Negro in Congress, he has consistently chided the Administration for cutting back poverty appropriations, for ineffective enforcement of civil rights statutes, for refusing to realize that the war in Vietnam...