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After ten terms in the House, Minnesota's Republican Representative Walter Judd was determined to retire. He was unhappy because the state legislature had tacked some heavily Democratic Minneapolis wards onto his previously safe Fifth District. He was even unhappier with the hundreds of constituent-pleasing chores that consume the time of a Congressman, and he wanted to devote full time to talking to youth groups around the U.S. But after he announced last April that he was quitting, Judd got more than 5,000 letters -many from outside his district-urging him to stay on. He changed...
...Minneapolis Tribune gave ten-term Republican Representative Walter Judd a 52% to 43% lead over Donald Fraser, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor challenger. Last December the state legislature gerrymandered Judd's district by adding to it some heavily D.F.L. Minneapolis wards...
Explaining why he will not run for reelection this year, Judd said that the demands of his constituents, who seek everything from more Public Health Service grants for the University of Minnesota to Coke machines for the Minneapolis post office, have grown so that he can no long er study all the complex legislation on which he must vote. "You don't want a man to operate on you who just skims his medical books," said Judd. a former Mayo Clinic fellow. Nor does Judd want to spend time and energy on a strenuous re-election campaign...
...Capitol Hill. Judd urged that foreign policy be lifted above partisan politics, helped round up Republican votes for the Marshall Plan, has staunchly backed the United Nations, foreign aid, reciprocal trade. European federation. As one of the ranking Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, his quizzing of witnesses has been penetrating, and his ability to clarify legislation by amendment is a House hallmark (last year's Peace Corps bill carried 40 Judd alterations). Judd has zealously fought against admission of Communist China to the U.N.. and for aid to Nationalist China...
...Devious. In Minneapolis some skeptics wonder if Judd's retirement is merely an attempt to inspire a draft; movement to aid him in a gerrymandered, district. But those who know Judd best argue that he will stick by his decision. Says the man in question: "I feel there are things I can do more usefully in the remaining years of my life. I'm not a devious person. If I wanted to run again...