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...choice of candidates. Their mobilization took two forms: 1) the candidacy of Georgia's Senator Russell which corralled most of the Southern delegates; 2) moves in various Southern states to leave the way open for revolt if the pressure of Russell's delegates on the convention was overridden...
...several million people are watching them, these representatives have felt it necessary to prove their opposition to Communism, influence peddling, and tax frauds again and again. Telecasts give them a chance to get their names and faces before the public, and their concern for making a good impression has overridden their interest in impartial investigating...
Representative Richard A. Reuther (D-Williamstown) charged that the State Board has overridden local boards and local zoning laws. Officials of Lexington, Newton, and Billerica also lodged complaints against the A.B.C. Representative James C. Bayley (R-Boston) meanwhile filed a bill calling for a seven-man commission to carry on an investigation and report on the A.B.C...
...Vetoed a bill to pay for cars for disabled veterans and was promptly overridden by the Senate...
...disabled veterans' pension bill. The special handiwork of Mississippi's John Rankin and the powerful veterans' lobby, the bill gives $120 each month to crippled ex-G.I.s whose disabilities are in no way connected with their military service (TIME, Aug. 27). The House had already overridden the veto by an overwhelming margin. The Senate promptly followed suit...