Word: grasses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...less, than anywhere else on earth, John Nance Garner carved a hefty fiefdom along the Rio Grande and parlayed his brand of conservative populism (with due regard for the interests of cattle, oil and Democratic regularity) into 46 years of power. His political personality was quintessentially Texan: grass-rooted, plainspoken, coyote-cunning, and he set a style of congressional clout that made him perhaps the most influential Vice President in U.S. history...
DeJesus has replaced Iglesias as head of the Centro. The old chief is now working for the Community Assembly for a United South End (CAUSE), a group formed last spring by Mel King, a Negro. CAUSE's goal is to bring Negroes and Puerto Ricans together for more grass-roots power...
...campaign for The Freedom Budget is a conventional political campaign: "There is a close analogy to the civil rights movement. This movement started at the grass roots and involved action at every level. But it gained substantial support only through leadership decisions made in a federal courthouse in Washington, a Federal Congress in Washington, and the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. The need for this is even more apparent on the economic and social front," says the literature...
...true that once a grass roots movement has been established, the final responsibility lies with the bureaucrats--unless there is a revolution. But today there is no grass roots movement directed toward economic reform and asking politicians for such radical changes with nothing on your side except rationality is a tactical mistake. Taking a neutral position on the war means giving up all chances at building a grass roots movement in the near future...
Like so many other Southern Liberals, he entered the limelight in 1948, campaigning for Henry Wallace. "I was a radical grass roots organizer even then," he says. He ran for elector of the Progressive Party in district five and spent 10,000 dollars on the campaign, winning a total of 500 votes. "And those I got by trading on my grandfather's name, also a Smith," he chuckles. "I told Wallace we could have bought more votes with that money...