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... American public . Maybe I am a little too sensitive , even though I have a reputation for a fairly thick skin . Mr. Bennett also , in his testimony yesterday I distinctly recall , took two different positions on the House Administration ...
... American public . Maybe I am a little too sensitive , even though I have a reputation for a fairly thick skin . Mr. Bennett also , in his testimony yesterday I distinctly recall , took two different positions on the House Administration ...
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... American people . Mr. MARTIN . My mail indicates the opposite . They feel that we should set up a completely new committee in this area of ethics and standards of conduct , with broad powers to check into this entire field . So my mail ...
... American people . Mr. MARTIN . My mail indicates the opposite . They feel that we should set up a completely new committee in this area of ethics and standards of conduct , with broad powers to check into this entire field . So my mail ...
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... American taxpayers have an inherent right to expect and demand the most ex- emplary standards from their elected representatives at the highest level of government . The aims and goals of such a select committee , as I visualize them ...
... American taxpayers have an inherent right to expect and demand the most ex- emplary standards from their elected representatives at the highest level of government . The aims and goals of such a select committee , as I visualize them ...
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... American public has been shocked by public revelations concerning the ap- parent lack of ethics and morality in some areas of our Government including the Congress . The American public wants and deserves a Congress composed of ...
... American public has been shocked by public revelations concerning the ap- parent lack of ethics and morality in some areas of our Government including the Congress . The American public wants and deserves a Congress composed of ...
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... American people a picture of Congress which is closer to the truth . Since we are the only ones authorized to take action against our own Mem- bers , it seems to me that it makes sense to have a bipartisan committee , which I hope will ...
... American people a picture of Congress which is closer to the truth . Since we are the only ones authorized to take action against our own Mem- bers , it seems to me that it makes sense to have a bipartisan committee , which I hope will ...
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Page 54 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it— the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter ! — all his force dares not cross* the threshold of the ruined tenement...
Page 6 - Federal treaty, agreement, or statute or with any regulation made pursuant thereto; or shall deprive any Indian or any Indian tribe, band, or community of any right, privilege, or immunity afforded under Federal treaty, agreement, or statute with respect to hunting, trapping, or fishing or the control, licensing, or regulation thereof.
Page 53 - US 3 (1883), the principle has become firmly embedded in our constitutional law that the action inhibited by the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment is only such action as may fairly be said to be that of the States. That Amendment erects no shield against merely private conduct, however discriminatory or wrongful.
Page 65 - This is our basic conclusion: Our Nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white— separate and unequal.
Page 42 - In this connection it is proper to state that civil rights, such as are guaranteed by the Constitution against state aggression, cannot be impaired by the wrongful acts of individuals, unsupported by state authority in the shape of laws, customs or judicial or executive proceedings.
Page 61 - All persons born or naturalized in the United States... are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
Page 139 - What white Americans have never fully understood — but what the Negro can never forget — is that white society is deeply implicated in the ghetto. White institutions created it, white institutions maintain it, and white society condones it.
Page 20 - Put loyalty to the highest moral principles and to country above loyalty to persons, party, or Government department.
Page 57 - But the authority of the Federal government may not be pushed to such an extreme as to destroy the distinction, which the commerce clause itself establishes, between commerce 'among the several States' and the internal concerns of a State.
Page 47 - Senate this morning : Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield flashed a "go slow" sign today against President Johnson's attempt to rush a new bill through Congress in the wake of the riots that followed Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination at Memphis. Thank you, gentlemen. The CHAIRMAN. Thank you, sir. If you will bear with me a moment, I would like to go back to the history of this legislation and ask the gentleman whether or not he concurs in the recital of these facts. I think the gentleman will...