Word: nonpartisanship
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Lindsay, in a passionate appeal for nonpartisanship, proposes Eugene McCarthy for Vice President, and again the nomination is unanimously approved. In the evening, Rockefeller and McCarthy appear together on the platform. Rocky acknowledges the cheers with repeated winks, then cries: "Let the new politics continue from this day forward!" McCarthy predicts that "the Fusion Party will sweep to victory in November...
What Unruh wants he usually gets. His allies include state legislators who depend on him for political favors and lobbyists and special interest groups who know he can get legislation through the two houses. He is recognized as a genuine source of power in a state where nonpartisanship has been the rule and patronage practically unknown...
Nonexistent Speechwriter. Johnson did, of course, make a few bows to political nonpartisanship. On a flight to Miami Beach to deliver a speech to the International Association of Machinists, he took a look at the text that had been prepared for him, crossed out 19 paragraphs that he considered too controversial. Deleted, for example, was a section pointing out that the Communist takeover of Cuba occurred in 1959 (during a Republican Administration) and that the island has since become a "showcase of failure...
...Senate Door. After the final vote, President Johnson praised the House for its action. "Now," he said, "the task is for the Senate. I hope the same spirit of nonpartisanship will prevail there...
...usual, there was plenty of politics mixed in the oil. E.N.I, in its freewheeling way is much admired by the Nenni Socialists, whose displeasure could bring down Fanfani's precariously balanced Cabinet. Many Italian politicos are beholden to E.N.I., which under Mattei practiced a deft and munificent nonpartisanship. E.N.I, was one of the largest contributors to Fanfani's Christian-Democratic Party, gave generously to other political parties. Italian politicians who could find time to write reports for E.N.I, or give lectures to its officials were well paid. The man who handled many of E.N.I.'s parliamentary...