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President Johnson does not like to bat his head against stone walls. One of the most effective pieces of masonry in Congress is Rep. Otto E. Passman (D-La.), who for years has made a career of blocking the road between the treasury and the various foreign aid administrations. Last week Johnson decided to surrender rather than continue an increasingly risky political battle. Amidst protestations of impotence ("I think it is going to be very tough to get a good foreign aid measure through Congress this year"), Johnson asked for what he called "a great deal of money": $3.4 billion...
...Tchula;" grinning, barefoot, ragged black boys skimming along the highway on a pickup truck; Tall, gaunt, stooped, tobacco chewing, strawhatted farmers--black and white. Neat brick middle-class American homes...Troopers and policemen everywhere, fat comic opera sherrifs in stenciled boots and stetsons. "K.O. the Kennedys!--Vote Rubel Phillips (Rep)" billboards, "Maintain White Democratic Solidarity--Vote Paul Johnson (Dem)" billboards, Kiwanis! Rotary! Order of the Eastern Star! White Citizens Council...
While she is deciding that one, she would not mind being part of a rep company. "The only way an actor grows," she has learned, "is by playing role after role after role, and not in two-year runs. Repertory theater is great for actors because they're allowed to fail. I should have the chance to fail atrociously as Lady Macbeth right now. Then maybe I could do St. Joan...
...vote was significantly closer than on the previous underpass bill, which was defeated by 109-76. Rep. William P. Homans '41 (D-Cambridge), the sponsor of the most recent bill, attributed the gain to a broadening of debate on the bill to include more than purely local issues...
Since these defeats on Feb. 17, sentiment may have shifted, however, Cambridge citizens then began a campaign to have friends from outside of the city write their legislators urging that the new bills be supported. According to Rep. William P. Homans '41 (D-Cambridge), a sponsor of both bills, the drive has produced "quite a lot of correspondence...