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Idaho. Republican Henry Dworshak is almost home free for a fourth election, but Democrats cling to a slim hope that Bob McLaughlin, their attractive, aggressive young candidate, may yet turn out to be a sleeper...
...reelection. Sent several months ago to Teamster leaders around the country, it cited four Democratic Senators (McClellan, Mississippi's James Eastland, West Virginia's Jennings Randolph and Tennessee's Estes Kefauver) and five Republicans (South Dakota's Karl Mundt, Ida ho's Henry Dworshak. Colorado's Gordon Allott. Nebraska's Carl Curtis and Kansas' Andrew Schoeppel). Although Hoffa professes to be an all-out civil rights integrationist, he urged support for Ar kansas Supreme Court Justice Jim John son ("a professional segregationist, but pro-labor") against McClellan and for Tennessee Segregationist Judge...
...overwhelming consensus of opinion among my constituents clearly indicates that they would prefer that the junior Senator from Oregon concentrate his efforts at renaming national forests within the state of Oregon, thus leaving Idahoans free to enjoy the colorful names of Idaho areas," Dworshak cited six letters, concluding "I see no reason for changing the name...
Neuberger replied that DeVoto had willed his ashes be spread along the Lolo Trail in the Clearwater, since he had done so much research there on his edition of The Journals of Lewis and Clark. Off the floor, Neuberger called Dworshak's statement a "personal vendetta against him" rather than a rational discussion of the problem...
...gaining a very few votes, Dworshak effectively halted renaming the Clearwater for a man who made a tremendous contribution to the cause of conservation. Lucius Beebe, in his paper, The Virginia City (Nev.) Territorial Enterprise, called Dworshak "an illiterate clod" for his actions. But, despite this type of reaction, conservative inertia and political expediency will probably triumph. Idahoans will continue to revel in the historical and aesthetic significance of the name "Clearwater...