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Pearson and Anderson concentrate much of their fire on L. Mendel Rivers, the crustaceous South Carolina Congressman, and on Connecticut's Senator Thomas J. Dodd. They cite Rivers as a classic example of the seniority system gone awry. A man of limited talent, Rivers rose to his exalted position as chairman of the Armed Services Committee only through the process of aging and the political savvy to be rhythmically re-elected by his constituents. Thanks to his influence, charge Pearson-Anderson, his home town of Charleston had military installations lavished upon it. "His district has prospered from his service...
...Mendel Rivers' South Carolinian fief, the voters do all but pay scutage. The First District's Democrats have loyally returned him to Congress for 28 years; Republicans have long since accepted his seignorial reign and run only occasional token candidates against...
...style of his South Carolinian hero John C. Calhoun, ran scared, plastering Charleston with billboards and TV spots. Ten days before the primary, Rivers arranged to have 15 members of his committee flock to Charleston along with Admiral Hyman Rickover to inspect a Polaris missile facility and laud Mendel...
...comprehensive revision of the draft law, including random selection. Hershey said last week that be could have a lottery working three months after Congress had approved it. The man who could this year push through Kennedy's bill is the same man who killed random selection last year: L. Mendel Rivers (D-SC), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee...
...House, Rep. L. Mendel Rivers (D-S.C.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and F. Edward Hebert (D-La.), the committee's senior Democratic member, were opposed from the start and held fast. It is common knowledge in Washington that both men bitterly dislike Defense Secretary McNamara and were loath to support any reform so close to his heart. Despite their opposition, the House bill was only slightly more restrictive than the Senate's, providing for Presidential institution of a lottery only after a 60-day notice period during which Congress could act to veto...