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...Connally's unsuitability as the Pollak lecturer stems less from his retrograde ideology than from his questionable conduct in public life. Connally is perhaps the only politician in history ever to have been acquitted of receiving a bribe that another man--dairy lobbyist Jake Jacobsen--was convicted of having given him. It seems more than a little ironic that only half a decade after the breaking of the Watergate scandal one of Richard Nixon's closest associates should be lecturing aspiring public servants on the "uses and abuses" of government...
Half a dozen years ago, A.F.L.-C.I.O. Lobbyist Andrew Biemiller could guess correctly how some 300 Congressmen would vote on labor legislation; thus he and his assistants had to sound out and try to persuade only the remainder?about 135 Representatives. Today he has to touch base with at least 300 unpredictable Congressmen and never can be sure which way many of them will jump. Last year he was confident that the House would pass the common situs picketing bill, which would have allowed a single union to shut down an entire construction site, but it lost by twelve votes...
Ralph Nader [Nov. 14] may be "spreading himself too thin," but he certainly goes a long way. You state that Nader "is far more effective as a propagandist than a lobbyist." Well, so what? If he can cause several hundred "apathetic" students to become concerned about the pitiful state of this country, then he's a step ahead of our so-called leaders...
...White House, has had to turn more tasks over to subordinates. They sometimes lack his ability for marshaling facts. Result: complaints have increased that some of Nader's research has become sloppy. Another difficulty is that Nader is far more effective as a propagandist than as a lobbyist; none of his organizations can begin to match the well-heeled business lobby...
That gentlemanly routine changed not a single vote among the four Senators-a far cry from the arm-twisting, lapel-tugging, browbeating style of Lyndon Johnson. Noting that there were half a dozen Senators on the borderline, Consumer Lobbyist James Plug said, "Lyndon would have got at least one vote out of that bunch." Added a friend: "Hell, Lyndon would have got seven votes...