Word: labor
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Sudden Centrist. The base of his strength is impressively wide, in terms of factions as well as geography. He maintains good relations with farmers and mayors. Organized labor has already begun missionary work on Humphrey's behalf through the A.F.L-C.I.O.'s Committee on Political Education, and many big businessmen are friendly to the Humphrey cause. For the first time in his political life, it appears that campaign funds will not be a problem. And if Kennedy has captured the imagination and allegiance of many younger, relatively militant Negroes, Humphrey is still warmly regarded by their elders, who remember that...
...personal staff consists mostly of Minnesotans with little expertise in national politics. He tried to attract Lawrence O'Brien, but lost him to Kennedy; there is no Humphrey cadre of veteran organizers to match Kennedy's. Humphrey himself, although he was a leading architect of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in the 1940s, has never been considered a particularly astute tactician on the national level. In 1956, he openly sought the vice-presidential nomination, ran a humiliating third behind Estes Kefauver and John Kennedy. In 1960, Kennedy did not merely beat Humphrey: he exterminated...
...victory next Tuesday is Branigin's tightly controlled state party machine, which is allied with many of Indiana's labor leaders. If it runs at top speed, the popular Governor may outdistance both his rivals. But even if it performs only moderately well, it can garner enough votes to prevent either Kennedy or McCarthy from claiming anything significant in the results...
...intimately tied to West Germany. Italy had its own inflation problems in 1964, which were cured by stringent government measures. Since then, Italy's economy has expanded steadily; last year it reached a growth rate of 5.9%. Still, there are potential problems. For one thing, Italian labor is being lured to other countries, creating shortages at home that will tend to push up wages. Rising private consumption is expected to exert a similar pressure on prices. And so far, at least, the government, which faces an election late this year, has shown little desire to curb its own spending...
Kongi's Harvest was clearly a labor of love for the Negro Ensemble, which does its best to move the play along with a remarkably fluid use of its ingeniously economical set. Far livelier than Soyinka's prose, though, is the ensemble's simulated tribal dancing, clearly the most pulsating choreography in town...