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Congress Ethics Shakeup and Highway Lobby Influence
A Des Moines Register investigation highlights ethics reforms in 1960s Congress, but reveals continued sway by trucking and highway lobbies. It details campaign contributions to Public Works Committee members, favoritism toward highway bills, and calls for a presidential veto of a rushed freeway bill amid lobbying pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack An‘Gerson
Miami
Congress
Senate
Uddenly
Ted
House of Representatives
Nick Kotz
Des Moines Register
House
House of Resentatives
George Fallon
Baltimore
Public’ Works ‘ Committee
Sam Friedel
Merce
John Kluczyn
Chicago Democrat
Dih
Public Works
Truckers Committee
John Blat“nik
D-Minn
William Harsha
Ohio
Robert E. Jones
Ala
James Wright
Texas
Kenneth Gray
Ill
Frank Clark
Harold Johnson
Calif
Dorn
S.C
Arnold Olsen
Mont
Ray Roberts
James Kee
W.va
James Grover
Roger Zion
Ind
Charlotte Reid
House Public Works
Rep
Richard McCarthy
Buffalo Democrat
Public Works Committee
Ohio Republican
Katz
Greyhound Bus
Greyhound
USA
Kluczynski
Harold Wirth
Firestone Rubber
Washoe
Ceski
Lady Bird
Department of Transportation
Johnson
Congressional