Word: lobbyist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been an advocate. His first career, before entering the seminary, was in advertising and public relations. Two years after his ordination, while rector of a parish in Pasco, Wash., he burst into national news in 1957 by preaching that "Hell is a damnable doctrine." Later he became a lobbyist for Bishop lames Pike in California, charged, among other tasks, with persuading the state's legislators to vote for liberalized abortion laws. During his career as a lobbyist, he began writing for the San Francisco Chronicle. After Pike left San Francisco and the abortion bill was passed, jobless Kinsolving sold...
...every Republican Senator and discovered that "even the oldtimers didn't like what was going on; they said 'Go it.' " Only Nebraska's Roman Hruska voiced objections, but he said he would not be the only one to stand in their way. Cranston, a former lobbyist on Capitol Hill, talked to every Democrat and secured the backing of the Senate's most respected parliamentarian, Georgia's Richard Russell. When the new Congress convenes, the Senate will give the procedural reforms a thorough trial. Among them...
...Sherman Cooper, both Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who have been persistently critical of Nixon's policies. Next day the President invited another Senate critic, Massachusetts' Edward Brooke, to come by for a talk. In his most conciliatory gesture, Nixon appointed a new White House lobbyist in Congress...
Bryce Harlow, Counsellor to Nixon, could have the job if he wished, but his former employer, Procter & Gamble, wants him to return as a lobbyist. At 54, Harlow has his stake in Procter & Gamble's retirement fund, and profit-sharing and stock-option benefits. Other possibilities are Texas Congressman George Bush, who was defeated last month for the Senate, and Kansas Senator Robert Dole. Nixon's choice will indicate to what extent the White House will control party affairs going into the next election. Bush, for instance, would demand a strong voice for the committee. Dole might...
...Because that admission has always been treated as an "important question" requiring a two-thirds assenting vote, there is almost no chance that Peking will gain membership. Even so, if a majority of the members voting approve, the U.S. will find itself in an awkward position as chief lobbyist against China's admission...