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...Administration aimed its biggest guns at beating down Southern Democratic opposition to the Kennedy bill. Speaker Sam Rayburn swung among Congressmen from Texas to Tennessee, telling them that a Democratic President's prestige was at stake. Other proponents dangled patronage bait, reminded doubting Democrats that Kennedy will soon be awarding 73 new federal judgeships. They also warned that any "nay" voter surely would be branded as "antilabor"-an argument that particularly moved the Democratic co-author of the Landrum-Griffin labor law, Phil Landrum, who yearns to become Governor of Georgia and would like labor's support. Stepping...
Retirement for Rayburn...
House Speaker Sam Rayburn has suddenly become conscious of his advanced age. He is 79 and his eyesight is failing badly. Mister Sam has to have his mail read to him, and he sometimes fails to recognize friends' faces (he always recognizes their voices). Close Rayburn associates report that he may be considering the possibility that this is his last term in Congress. The hottest candidates for the speakership if and when Mister Sam retires: Missouri's Richard Boiling, 44, Oklahoma's Carl Albert, 52, and Arkansas' Wilbur Mills, 51. Seldom mentioned is Democratic Floor Leader...
...classicists, whether he knew or not, was House Speaker Sam Rayburn, who three years ago pushed through the proposal to "correct" the perspective by moving the east front wall 32½ ft. forward. To end the crumbling, he wanted a new façade of longlasting marble, and he rubbed his hands at the thought of additional space for congressional offices, a new restaurant, a tourist-free corridor. Cost for the overhaul: $17 million...
Honor bonus). But last month the intercession of President Jack Kennedy and Attorney General Bobby Kennedy eased an Internal Revenue compromise claim of $25,000, and House Speaker Sam Rayburn, who was born only 50 miles from York's Tennessee mountain home, kicked off a campaign to raise the cash. With Mister Sam and Bob Kennedy contributing $1,000 apiece, and other fund raisers (among them: Cinemactor Gary Cooper, who starred in the 1941 film biography that brought about the veteran's tax bind) pitching in, the drive shot over the top last week. Sergeant York will...