Word: districts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...announced his candidacy for Mayor, It was obvious that Lindsay could not rely on the regular Republican organization to bring in a victory - the party had almost no organization worth mentioning. But the situation was not as grim as appeared. Starting back in 1948, in Manhattan's ninth Assembly District, Lindsay and Price had been recruiting and training a group of young and enthusiastic followers, devoted to Lindsay and disillusioned with the closed and stuffy atmosphere of the regular party. From the ninth AD the people spread into the silk stocking district to win Lindsay a seat in Congress. Over...
...Republican party, the members of the CIA's would owe their allegiance to the man but not necessarily to the party, Price speculated that these agencies would attract young people into a revitalized Republican party. These new party members would be just as willing to campaign for a Republican district leader as for Mayor Lindsay...
...have not lived up to Price's expectations. Some Lindsay aides say that the effort to politicize them did not come early enough. CIA workers in the Bronx and Brooklyn have been unwilling to come out and campaign in district races...
Last June Al Ungar, a former regular Republican, who had become disillusioned with the arthritic organization, ran in the primaries for Republican district leader against the organization's man. While Lindsay never publicly supported his campaign he did send out experienced workers to help Ungar...
...nation's Negroes. As the war escalates financially -- at the approximate rate of $5 billion annually for every additional 50,000 troops -- Conyers may find himself in the uncomfortable position of having to support Johnson out of party loyalty only. He will not have trouble in his own district in November -- in 1966 he was reelected with 84.3 per cent of the vote -- but he could find himself in a moral dilemma. For in 1968, John Conyers will be a national figure. When he visits competitive Congressional districts, he will have to decide whether to ask Negroes to vote Democratic...