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Conservatism Meets Its Match as Lobby Power Grows
Kentucky born Kansas congressman Wint Smith after 14 terms quits Congress frustrated by what he calls a lobby driven federal government. He cites the National Education Association and Rural Electrification cooperatives as rising powers and says states must recapture rights under the Constitution. He reflects on wartime service, a life in Kansas politics, and his plan to return to farming and law while promoting state rights.
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Jack Williams
the Star
Washington
Ashington
Europe
Tick
House of Representatives
Wint Smith
Kansas Sixth
Little Mankato
Kansan
House
Congress
Eisenhower
Smith
National Education Association
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France
Walter Reuther
British Broadcasting System
Boston
Mankato
University of Kansas
Little
Kansas City
Kansas
State Highway Commission