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...crux of the proposed legislation, however, calls for a broad extension of Federal law to protect voters through civil proceedings. Under existing statutes only harsh criminal procedure is open to the Attorney General. Such action often involves emotionally charged trials which are difficult for both sides. Because the primary aim of any civil rights law is to correct an abuse and not to punish an offender, civil proceedings should certainly be made available to the government...
Last week at 72, Organist Mayer found himself the center of a major ruckus that involved socialites and Senators, a fair share of Army brass and two Presidents of the U.S. The crux of the matter: Mayer is past the compulsory retirement age for civil servants, and he is not ready to retire...
...crux of the Republican policy is that only where local interests cannot assure development of natural resources should the Federal Government step in. For example, the Administration is pushing two huge projects, which fall under this heading: development of the Upper Colorado Basin and the Libby Dam on the Kootenai River in Montana...
...provide our commander in chief with the means to carry on." It would send to Indo-China several more battalions of troops, crews and mechanics for 25 bombers, and two flotillas of naval craft, plus artillery, tanks and machine guns-but still no conscripts. Then he came to the crux of his plea for support: "I refuse to believe that at the present hour this Assembly intends to provoke a rupture of the negotiations . . . What other policy [than ours] do you propose? Some people seem to rely more upon our enemies than our friends, and it has become fashionable...
Then, without mentioning Joe by name, President Eisenhower came to the crux of the McCarthy problem. Said he: "There are problems facing this nation today of vital importance. They are both foreign and domestic in character ... I regard it as unfortunate when we are diverted from these grave problems-of which one is vigilance against any kind of internal subversion-through disregard of the standards of fair play recognized by the American people...