Word: dirksens
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...opposition to the President's request to buy 25-year bonds, insisting instead on a three-year loan. The adopted compromise (which Aiken agreed to) permits the President to do either. Hero of the occasion, from the Administration viewpoint, was none other than Republican Senate Leader Everett Dirksen, who brushed aside charges by conservative Republicans that the compromise amounted to a "surrender" to the President. In an impassioned argument (Rhode Island's Democratic Senator John Pastore called it "one of the finest speeches ever delivered in the Senate"), Dirksen declared: "With all the fever and flames of controversy...
...jumped like a bird." Jackie fed pandas and an elephant, watched a cobra rise to music, saw a battle between a mongoose and a snake. Among the many gifts she received were a pair of tiger cubs that were first named Ev and Charlie (for G.O.P. Congressional Leaders Everett Dirksen and Charles Halleck)-until one turned out to be a female. It was all very exotic, exciting, and a bit exhausting for anyone-even though Jackie occasionally managed to sleep late. But there was more to come. At week's end she flew into Udaipur for a restful stay...
Introduced on January 20 into the upper house, the Mansfield-Dirksen bill would wipe out all state literacy tests, a major device now used by some Southern states to keep Negroes off the voting rolls...
...Mansfield-Dirksen bill would be far more effective than the two Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960, Pettigrew said. While the two acts, which provided for federal injunctive action where voting discrimination is spotted, have not had spectacular results, "a rise of "a million and a half among Negro voters if this bill is passed would be no pipe dream...
After today's leaflet distribution, the civil rights group plans to set up booths in the dining halls and the Union. Volunteers 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...