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Like most candidates. Duff campaigned on the time-honored issues of conservation, public health and education. But unlike many, Duff meant what he said. He toured 45,000 miles of the state in his automobile and was swept into office by more than 550,000 votes...
Cracking down with the state's anti-pollution laws, Duff has already cut the dumping of mine waste by 80% in the Schuylkill River basin. The task of dredging out millions of tons of accumulated silt and culm is ready to begin. Similar projects are under way along the Lehigh, the Lackawanna and Susquehanna Rivers...
...Free Seats. Go-slow Grundymen, alarmed by such sudden changes, began to eye the state capital with increasing suspicion. When Jim Duff presented his bill, they yowled for vengeance. To raise an extra $133 million in state revenue he increased cigarette taxes from 2? to 4? a pack, slapped new taxes on beer (½? pint) and soft drinks (1? per 12 ounces). Then he prevented repeal of the five-mill tax levied on manufacturers' capital stocks and franchises...
Last winter they were startled more than ever. The moment that his old mentor, Senator Martin, began sniping at the flanks of ERP, Duff rose up before a Temple University audience to throw his full weight behind the Marshall Plan. He jarred the old guard again by warning a P.M.A. dinner that the way to start fighting inflation was by cutting back prices. When he let it be known that he was getting ready to swing his convention support behind a candidate of his own choosing, the regulars reached for their knives...
Incongruous Alliance. Just before Pennsylvania's presidential primaries last April, they struck. Their campaign took the form of a heavily financed write-in drive for Favorite Son Ed Martin, and a hardhitting attack on Duff's State Chairman...