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...Rankin of Mississippi, by his absenteeism (he is an inveterate traveler, has made 15 trips to Venice), and by a demagogic device known as "the Powell Amendment" - a desegre gation rider that he tries to tack, at every, opportunity, onto school, housing or labor bills. It instantly arouses Southern oppo sition and Northern anguish, has killed at least one worthy bill and made Powell the most unpopular man in Congress. With the retirement of North Carolina's Graham Barden at the end of the present session, Powell, thanks to the sacredness of seniority, has a legitimate claim...
Much of Hawaii's richest acreage has for decades belonged to a few families and trusts, and most homes and office buildings are built on leaseholds. Quinn came up with a plan that he called the "Second Mahele,"*an imaginative land-reform scheme (denounced by his oppo. nents as "fanciful") that 'would permit Hawaiians to buy, "for as little as $50 an acre," a total of 144,480 state-owned acres on four of the islands. "Hoax!" cried the Democrats, and even many a top Republican admitted that much of this land was either worthless or else...
Foster scored a reverse after his oppo- nent, Steve Smethurst, had taken him down in the first period. In the second period, two escapes offset a Smethurst takedown. In the final period, Smethurst escaped after Foster had ridden him for most of the period to pile up the needed time advantage to gain the draw...
...such action could lead to the gravest con sequences . . . The conventions can prove to the world the universality and solid ity of the American people's opposition through the inclusion of identical planks in the platforms of both parties." Signers of the appeal came from oppo site political poles. Among them: Illinois' Democratic Senator Paul Douglas and New Jersey's Republican Senator H. Alex ander Smith, Minnesota's Republican Rep resentative Walter Judd and Pennsylva nia's Democratic Representative Francis Walter. One reason why the Committee of One Million may achieve its goal: when...
...regaining its economic position in Manchuria, actively concerning itself with the control of Japan. The U.S., which five years ago seemed half-indifferent, was now insistently expressing its views on the internal politics of Balkan countries, expanding its influence in the Middle East, preparing to keep great island bases oppo site Russia's back door...