Word: thurmonds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week, two months and 1,739 rancorous pages of testimony later, Strauss finally did win the committee's approval-by a cliffhanging vote of 9-8 (the squeaking majority came from the six committee Republicans, plus Democrats John Pastore of Rhode Island, Frank Lausche of Ohio and Strom Thurmond of South Carolina...
Liberals can point to Truman's victory in 1948 in spite of the four southern states that voted for the Dixiecrat Thurmond-Wright ticket. Further, the prospect of a party split has its appetizing aspects for the liberal wing of the party. A Democratic victory in 1960 achieved without the South could deprive these rebels of patronage and important committee places. This exclusion of the Dixiecrats from top party positions did not occur in 1948, but there is greater pressure in the party now for a tougher attitude towards splitting the recalcitrant South...
...XXII that the final 72-22 vote left only the extreme diehards of both the liberal and Southern sides in opposition. Thus such liberals as New York Republican Jacob Javits arid Illinois Democrat Paul Douglas found themselves isolated with such bitter-end Southerners as South Carolina's Strom Thurmond and Mississippi's James Eastland...
...price pack" which pads the cost of new cars with phony charges, the auto industry last week got some help from the Senate Commerce Committee. It voted to require manufacturers to stick a "suggested" retail price on each car delivered. Sponsored by Senators "Mike" Monroney and Strom Thurmond, the bill also requires automakers to list suggested prices for optional equipment and accessories, calls for fines of $1,000 on each untagged car, $1,000 for each misleading label. The bill, backed by Ford and General Motors, must now clear the full Senate and the House before...
Panelists addressing questions to Thurmond included Robert Braucher, professor of Law; Richard B. Dellheim, a lecturer on Constitutional Law at Boston University; and Father Robert F. Drinan, Dean of the Boston College Law School. The Forum was moderated by Fleming Jones, visiting professor...