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...claims he has merely learned to be practical. "If the argument is over whether we should get 50,000 housing units or make a stand on 100,000 units and get nothing, then I'm for 50,000 units." To Morse, Humphrey's vote for the Landrum-Griffin labor reform bill was nothing less than heresy. But Humphrey has a retort proper: "You don't legislate in a vacuum. I was convinced that if we did not pass that labor bill we would have got a worse one next year." As a pragmatic politician, says Humphrey...
...nine delegate votes). Although he is already entered in the Oregon primary and may well run in Wisconsin, Morse knows he has no chance for the Democratic nomination. But he is bitterly opposed to Candidates John Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey because of their votes last year for the Landrum-Griffin labor-reform bill, hopes to pester them in the primaries, throw any delegate votes he might pick up into Adlai Stevenson's hope chest at the convention next July...
...there was actually something to be done, as in the question of a labor reform bill, Kennedy, in going back on the major principles and powers of his bill, hardly displayed great willingness "to serve them at the risk of incurring their monetary displeasure." It was representatives Landrum and Griffin, and those who voted for their bill despite the pressure of the unions, who showed this willingness...
...yard individual medley--Won by Griffin (N); 2, Schellstede (H); 3, Bartlett (H). Time...
...yard beast stroke--Won by Griffin (N); 2, McCartney (H); 3, Gingras (N). Time...