Word: democratizer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Many Administration supporters in Congress already are beginning to question the cost of the programs they voted. Texas Democrat George H. Mahon, chairman of the House Appropriations' Committee and a longtime Johnson pal, said last week that because of the stepped-up war effort in Viet Nam, the Government might find it wise to be far less generous with funds for the Great Society. "In the light of the situation confronting us," said Mahon, "it is urgent that the executive and legislative branches make a determined effort to withhold the actual spending of funds already made available by Congress...
...only really silly noises came from Congress. Texas Democrat Wright Patman, a cheap-money advocate who as chairman of the Senate-House Joint Economic Committee has waged a long feud with the Federal Reserve, announced that he would hold an investigation this week "to find out who is in charge in this country, the Reserve Board or the President of the United States." Louisiana's Russell Long, who will succeed Harry Byrd as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee when Congress reconvenes next month, showed his innocence of economics by protesting: "Nothing could be more unpopular than a major...
...might still aim to be Secretary of State. Characteristically, Bundy slammed no doors. Though he was a registered Republican when he signed up with John Kennedy, he told a reporter last week: "I am no longer a Republican." Asked the newsman: "You mean you're a Democrat?" With a smile that indicated he might be his own best catalyst, Bundy replied: "I didn't say that...
...noted that the main problem has been forming a platform with a minimum number of requirements agreeable to all member organizations. The candidate could be a Republican or a Democrat, or even from a third party "as a last resort," she noted...
Cavanagh's popularity and his strength lead to only one conclusion: that he wishes to seek higher office in Michigan. He is probably more interested in the Senate than in the Governorship, but both of the state's seats are held by Democrats. (Detroit municipal officers are nonpartisan, but Cavanagh is known to be a Democrat.) Senator Philip Hart, who is 51 and was reelected last year by 900,000 votes, is not about to retire, but the other seat, held by 70-year-old Pat McNamara might be up for grabs...