Word: specialinterest
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...American Legion convention, where he made his first speech of the trip, the Illinois governor admonished his audience. Striking out at "specialinterest" groups, he said: "I have resisted them before, and I hope the Almighty will give me the strength to do so again and again. And I should tell you, my fellow Legionnaires . . . that I intend to resist pressure from veterans also." With obvious reference to Fellow Legionnaire Joe McCarthy, Stevenson denounced attacks on the loyalty of General Marshall and called them an example of the kind of patriotism "which is, in Dr. Johnson's phrase, the last...