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...cloture vote began, Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and Minority Leader Everett Dirksen were fairly confident that they had the required two-thirds majority. But a shred of doubt remained right up to the end. "It's a case of depending on the Republican side," said Mansfield. That meant Ev Dirksen, and Dirksen had done his job of persuasion well. "This involves more than you," he told wavering colleagues. "It's the party. Don't drop...
...court a test case designed to outlaw any poll tax whose purpose or effect is to deny the right to vote in state or local elections. If the case is won and the decision upheld by the Supreme Court, that will be it. "We are of the opinion," crooned Ev Dirksen in his best basso profundo, "that this will cut the mustard...
Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen heads a pathetically small congressional minority, but that doesn't stop Dirksen from rising to his favorite role -that of leaving his personal imprint on Democratic-sponsored legislation. Last week Ev was at it again...
Silver-Tongued Star. The star defense witness was none other than Ev Dirksen. In his most sonorous tones, sipping water to moisten his silver tongue, Dirksen said he had known Stratton "man and boy" since the defendant was 14, went on to relate the burdensome financial life of a politician. "I have never yet found a substitute for money," said Ev. "Carrying out the work and projecting an image obviously requires funds. I've clocked the demands made upon me over a period of six months, and it comes roughly to $100 a day in political and nonpolitical requests...
...With Ev's testimony, the defense rested...