Word: dirksens
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...Dirksen...
...Hats off to Senator Dirksen and his stand on repeal of Section 14(b) [Oct. 1]. My disgust with the 89th Congress and its faceless mass of yes men has been somewhat alleviated by Dirksen's refusal to knuckle under to the autocracy of the Johnson Administration. Compulsory unionism is akin to compulsory Communism, and no American should stand...
...lines are intact," intoned Sen ate Minor ity Leader Everett Dirksen, "the boys are prepared. The captains are on duty at the appointed hour in the ap pointed place. The speakers are ready...
...resolution of the controversy only added more ammunition to the ongoing battle between Chicago's civil rights groups and the city's Democratic leadership. Senator Everett M. Dirksen (R.-III.) demanded a Congressional inquiry into the temporary suspension of funds. Speaking at a news conference in Chicago, Dirksen suggested that the Senate Committee on Labor, Education, and Welfare take up the matter and declared that he was "going to get to the bottom of this." Rep. Roman C. Tucinski (D-Ill.) asked the General Accounting Office -- the watchdog over distribution of federal funds -- to investigate the legality of withholding funds...
...bill was delayed in Congress earlier this session when the House narrowly defeated an amendment to extend quotas to Latin America and Canada. In the Senate, however, Minority Leader Everett Dirksen (R-III.) cited the four told increase in Latin American immigration into the U.S. over the last ten years, and convinced his colleagues to ratify the hemisphere quota system...