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...become the front runner for the Democratic senatorial nomination next year. Possible drawback: a serious case of stomach ulcers. ¶ In Detroit (pop. 1,905,000), once racked by racial hate, Democratic Lawyer William T. Patrick Jr., 37, became the first Negro member of Detroit's non-partisan city council. A World War II pilot making his debut in politics, Patrick promised to serve as "a representative of the total' community." ¶ In Bridgeport, Conn. (pop. 292,000), 79-year-old Socialist Mayor Jasper McLevy was beaten by a slim 161 votes in a try for his 13th...
...some cases, such as that of Robert G. Conley, a candidate for School Committee, the individual has appealed for outside help. Conley has gained the endorsement of the Harvard Joint Committee for Non-Partisan School Appointments, an organization in which the HYDC, The HYRC, and potentially the Eisenhower Club participate. Although the endorsement came only three weeks before election day, the Harvard students will be useful as canvassers and office workers. The CCA, itself, is planning to use the Harvard group to distribute information on election eve and to campaign at the polls on election...
...playgrounds, radio (by refusing to print even paid program listings), television (by thundering that a proposed coaxial cable could annihilate children, burn homes), kept virtually all Republican news out of the Democratic Exponent, all Democratic news out of the Republican Telegram, and politics of any brand out of the non-partisan Sunday Exponent-Telegram...
...find rough going in the 85th Congress, since Texan Patman is one of Capitol Hill's most outspoken critics of FRB's credit-pinching policies. In the Senate, the Administration can look for little help. A resolution by Indiana's Republican Senator Homer Capehart, authorizing a non-partisan presidential commission, is sleeping quietly in the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, has little chance of being reported out before the end of February, if then...
...only remaining hope for a non-partisan appraisal of the nation's financial structure rested last week with Democratic Senate Leader Lyndon Johnson. While Johnson is dead set against a strictly presidential commission because he fears that it might be dominated by big business and big banking, he is equally afraid that a House investigation alone might degenerate into bitter partisan battle. To break the impasse, Johnson is pushing for a compromise commission of his own, one-third of whose members would be named by President Eisenhower, with the other two-thirds divided between the House and Senate, somewhat...