Word: thurmond
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rest of the scheduled list of speakers, Sen. Thomas J. Dodd (D-Conn.) has announced his withdrawal on the grounds that "there were too many Republicans" and he would be "the only Democrat." Sen. Strom Thurmond, however, is still planning to attend...
...Besides Thurmond the list of YAF award winners still includes Herbert Hoover, John Wayne, John Dos Passos, and conservative editor M. Stanton Evans...
...Thurmond also criticized President Kennedy for invoking executive privileges--which he termed of "dubious" legal justification--to withhold the names of individual censors who made changes in speeches...
Explaining the need to let military men speak out, Thurmond said, "I am convinced that the American public, when informed, makes a mighty sound judgement--even if it won't believe that the leopard will change his spots...
...criticized the idea of State Department officials that the Soviet system can evolve and that peaceful co-existence is possible. "As an American," Thurmond declared, "I believe in winning." The audience of about 250 rose and applauded...