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...that, of those Senators reached, 45 favored lowering the age qualification, 11 opposed it and 30 were undecided. The same poll showed 29 state governors for, 7 against, and 12 undecided. Senatorial supporters include William F. Knowland (R-Cal), Wayne Morse (Ind-Oregon), Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn), Homer Ferguson (R-Mich) and Francis Case (R.S.D.). The political views of those particular gentlemen are frequently in conflict...
Senators Homer Ferguson (R-Mich.), Milton R. Young (R-N. Dak.), Edward J. Thye (R-Minn.), Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.), Lister Hill (D-Ala.), and Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.) have already praised the attempt to restore the appropriation to the full $15 million spent last year...
Michigan's Homer Ferguson arrived late for the hearing, muttering under his breath: "I don't agree with this increasing East-West trade at all, not a bit." Ferguson lost no time in getting Stassen to admit that Russia is currently "disturbed" by civilian shortages. "That," said Ferguson, "would indicate that we are getting results . . . When we find they are in trouble, then we hold a meeting to send them more consumer goods." Replied Stassen: "We are endeavoring to turn the Soviet economy to peaceful pursuits...
Whose Disunity? "But isn't disunity behind the Iron Curtain the hope of the free world?" asked Ferguson. Countered Stassen: A tight blockade would increase disunity in the free world. "I can't agree with you," Ferguson replied. "I can't agree that the people of the free world are going to be broken up by stress or strain before the people behind the Iron Curtain...
David P. Bicks '55, vice-president of the Council, announced that he had received letters from Homer Ferguson (R-Mich.), Milton R. Young (R-N. Dak.), Edward J. Thye (R-Minn.), Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.), Lister Hill (D-Ala.), and Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.), all expressing enthusiastic interest in defeating the House bill...