Fulbright Eyes Possible Cut to Foreign Relations Panel
Washington AP report says Senator Fulbright considers reducing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee size from 19 to ease work load. Resistance could come from many senators seeking seats, including Javits, Kennedy awaits vacancy counts, and seniority rules govern bids for the prestigious panel. The panel, once 23, was cut to 13 in 1947 during reorganizations.
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Robert T. Gray
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Arkansas Democrat
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
GOF
Capitol Hill
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate
Kennedy
Congression‘al
Grants From Page 1 A Urge Segregation Reversal Policy Shift
A commission proposes reversing segregation policy and backing block grants plus a bigger state role in urban issues. It urges states to authorize housing programs via county or multi county agencies and to use eminent domain to acquire sites for lower income housing in communities with no prior construction.
McCarthy Sees Slim Chance In Bipartisan Bid For Nomination
In a Boston Globe interview, McCarthy says Edward Kennedy could have beaten him for the Democratic nomination if he had stayed in the race. He believes Kennedy might have won by about 1,000 votes, while noting the entry of Kennedy altered the contest. The discussion touches on civil rights, urban policy, and the commission’s block grant concept to redirect federal funds to cities, with total projected cost estimates around 7 to 9 billion dollars over a decade.
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McCarthy
Edward Kennedy
Boston Globe
Robert F
Edward M. Kennedy
Sen
Mass
Robert Kennedy
Alane
Kennedy
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Teddy
Bobby
Commission
Walter W. Heller
University of Minnesota
Joseph A. Pechman
Brookings Institution
Heller-Pechman
U.s.department of Housing and
Ur‘ban Development
Democrats Focus On Nuts And Bolts To Rebuild Party
Democratic leaders in Washington and nationwide push for stronger party organization and national committee revitalization after defeat. Vice President Humphrey and chair O'Brien press to name two reform committees, with Humphrey backing continued supervision and a technician for national leadership. Younger officials like Casey, Anderson, Levin, Rockefeller, Hogan, Adams, Gilligan emerge as future leaders amid calls for stronger state parties and advisory policy councils.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Lawrence F. O'Brien
O’brien
Associated Press
National Committee
Eaders
Congress
Ohio
Eugene P. O'Grady
O'Grady
Robert P. Casey
Pennsylvania
Wendell Anderson
Minnesota
Sander Levin
Michigan
John D. Rockefeller IV
West Virginia
Mack Hogan
Colorado
Brock Adams
Washington
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
Senate
George S. McGovern
Paul Penderfast
Kansas
Democratic Party
Ray C. Bliss
Bliss
Richard M. Nixon
Pendergast
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