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Darkened Offices. The fight against Fortas was stepped up on two fronts. One was being carefully led on the Senate floor by Michigan Republican Robert P. Griffin. The other was pressed within the Senate Judiciary Committee by Republican Strom Thurmond, the gentleman Torquemada from South Carolina. Thurmond continued to ham mer at an emotional, if elusive issue: pornography. He condemned the fact that Fortas had voted with the court majority in a 5-to-4 decision holding that a Los Angeles exhibitor did not violate the law with his raunchy films. The ruling made it easier for U.S. exhibitors...
...schools as suitable for children's eyes, although 19% of all criticized books were ultimately banned. Among other works most frequently railed against, according to the N.E.A. hate list: Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, Orwell's 1984, Huxley's Brave New World, Griffin's Black Like Me, and Golding's Lord of the Flies...
...movement to block the confirmation of Fortas and Homer Thornberry, Lyndon Johnson's nominee for Associate Justice. Though the hear ings ended after nine days, more than a score of Senators made it plain that they plan a filibuster when Congress returns after the conventions. Michigan Republican Robert Griffin, leader of the anti-Fortas bloc, claimed that he already had more than enough votes to keep a filibuster going indefinitely...
...Much of TV's comment and controversy are heard on the day-and-night conversation shows, which seem to be trying to turn TV into a talkathon. They frantically compete with each other for big-name, talkers. Joey Bishop interviews Ronald Reagan, Carson brings on Ayn Rand, Merv Griffin chats with Bertrand Russell. One night, Dick Cavett has Norman Mailer as his guest, the next night he leads a spirited discussion between James Bald win and Yale Philosopher Paul Weiss...
...Griffin's rump group would have no hope on a direct vote, but with Congress rushing toward a hoped-for Aug. 3 adjournment, it might get its way with a filibuster. Though Majority Leader Mike Mansfield could ask for a vote of cloture to limit debate, he would need a two-thirds majority, always difficult to come...