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Revolt. For the first day and a half, it seemed like the typical congressional trip for Kennedy's Senate Subcommitteeon Indian Education. That tour was frankly set up, as such excursions are, to generate publicity for legislation - in this case, to improve educational and anti-poverty programs for Eskimos and Indians. On the second day, however, Kennedy was faced with a mutiny by the three Republican Senators on his committee. They abruptly abandoned the trip, charging that it was "a stage-managed scenario" to boost Kennedy's presidential prospects. Hollywood's Senator George Murphy, who used...
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