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Richard Russell, the Senate Armed Services Committee & Oversight of America’S Defense, 1955-1968
BALANCING CONSENSUS, CONSENT, AND COMPETENCE: RICHARD RUSSELL, THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE & OVERSIGHT OF AMERICA’S DEFENSE, 1955-1968 DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Joshua E. Klimas, M.A. * * * * * The Ohio State University 2007 Dissertation Committee: Approved by Professor David Stebenne, Advisor Professor John Guilmartin Advisor Professor James Bartholomew History Graduate Program ABSTRACT This study examines Congress’s role in defense policy-making between 1955 and 1968, with particular focus on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), its most prominent and influential members, and the evolving defense authorization process. The consensus view holds that, between World War II and the drawdown of the Vietnam War, the defense oversight committees showed acute deference to Defense Department legislative and budget requests. At the same time, they enforced closed oversight procedures that effectively blocked less “pro-defense” members from influencing the policy-making process. Although true at an aggregate level, this understanding is incomplete. It ignores the significant evolution to Armed Services Committee oversight practices that began in the latter half of 1950s, and it fails to adequately explore the motivations of the few members who decisively shaped the process. SASC chairman Richard Russell (D-GA) dominated Senate deliberations on defense policy. Relying only on input from a few key colleagues – particularly his protégé and eventual successor, John Stennis (D-MS) – Russell for the better part of two decades decided almost in isolation how the Senate would act to oversee the nation’s defense. -
Congressional Mail Logs for the President (1)” of the John Marsh Files at the Gerald R
The original documents are located in Box 8, folder “Congress - Congressional Mail Logs for the President (1)” of the John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Copyright Notice The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald R. Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid copyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. r Digitized from Box 8 of The John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Presi dent's Mail - May 11, 1976 House 1. Augustus Hawkins Writes irr regard to his continuing · terest in meeting with the President to discuss the· tuation at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission prior to the appoint ment of a successor to Chairman owell W. Perry. 2. Larry Pressler Says he will vote to sustain e veto of the foreign military assistance se he believes the $3.2 billion should be u ed for nior citizens here at horne. 3. Gus Yatron Writes on behalf of Mrs. adys S. Margolis concerning the plight of Mr. Mi ail ozanevich and his family in the Soviet Union. 4. Guy Vander Jagt Endorses request of the TARs to meet with the President during their convention in June. -
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agen- Cies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003
S. HRG. 107–769 DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGEN- CIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003 HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 2778 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF COM- MERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGEN- CIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2003, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Department of Commerce Department of Justice Department of State Federal Communications Commission Federal Trade Commission Nondepartmental witnesses Securities and Exchange Commission The judiciary Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 78–462 PDF WASHINGTON : 2002 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia, Chairman DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii TED STEVENS, Alaska ERNEST F. HOLLINGS, South Carolina THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania TOM HARKIN, Iowa PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, Maryland CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri HARRY REID, Nevada MITCH MCCONNELL, Kentucky HERB KOHL, Wisconsin CONRAD BURNS, Montana PATTY MURRAY, Washington RICHARD C. SHELBY, Alabama BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota LARRY CRAIG, Idaho MARY L. -
19-04-HR Haldeman Political File
Richard Nixon Presidential Library Contested Materials Collection Folder List Box Number Folder Number Document Date No Date Subject Document Type Document Description 19 4 Campaign Other Document From: Harry S. Dent RE: Profiles on each state regarding the primary results for elections. 71 pgs. Monday, March 21, 2011 Page 1 of 1 - Democratic Primary - May 5 111E Y~'ilIIE HUUSE GOP Convention - July 17 Primary Results -- --~ -~ ------- NAME party anncd fiJ cd bi.lc!<ground GOVERNORIS RACE George Wallace D 2/26 x beat inc Albert Brewer in runoff former Gov.; 68 PRES cando A. C. Shelton IND 6/6 former St. Sen. Dr. Peter Ca:;;hin NDPA endorsed by the Negro Democratic party in Aiabama NO SENATE RACE CONGRESSIONAL 1st - Jack Edwards INC R x x B. H. Mathis D x x 2nd - B ill Dickenson INC R x x A Ibert Winfield D x x 3rd -G eorge Andrews INC D x x 4th - Bi11 Nichols INC D x x . G len Andrews R 5th -W alter Flowers INC D x x 6th - John Buchanan INC R x x Jack Schmarkey D x x defeated T ito Howard in primary 7th - To m Bevill INC D x x defeated M rs. Frank Stewart in prim 8th - Bob Jones INC D x x ALASKA Filing Date - June 1 Primary - August 25 Primary Re sults NAME party anned filed bacl,ground GOVERNOR1S RACE Keith Miller INC R 4/22 appt to fill Hickel term William Egan D former . Governor SENATE RACE Theodore Stevens INC R 3/21 appt to fill Bartlett term St. -
The Mississippi of the West?
THE MISSISSIPPI OF THE WEST? Michael S. Green* During the 1950s, African Americans in Las Vegas began referring to their city and state as the "Mississippi of the West." Magazine writers and civil rights advocates around the country picked up on the phrase. As the leading scholar of Las Vegas history, Eugene Moehring, wrote after cataloguing and condemning local racism: [T]his conclusion seems a bit overdrawn. While Las Vegas was certainly no bastion of equality, it was no worse a town for blacks than Phoenix, Salt Lake, and most medium-sized cities in California. Indeed, segregated housing, schools, and job dis- crimination were common throughout the mid-twentieth-century west. So too was the rippling effect of the national civil rights movement.' As NAACP attorney Franklin Williams said during a 1954 visit, Las Vegas was "a non-southern city with the pattern of the deep south ....Human rights in the western states are in a vacuum. "2' How this situation developed is both tragic and ironic. The tragedy of racism and segregation is obvious. The irony lies in the evolution of Nevada's political economy, the witting and unwitting role of the federal government, and the growth of Nevada's largest industries, gaming and tourism. Together, these factors managed to worsen de facto segregation while also sowing the seeds of its destruction.3 The inseparable issues of slavery and race affected Nevada's origins as a territory and a state. The Compromise of 1850 had created the Utah and New Mexico territories, which divided present-day Nevada: Utah included the Great Basin north while New Mexico included the bulk of what is now Clark County, Nevada, including Las Vegas. -
Whca Presidential Series Audio
WHCA PRESIDENTIAL SERIES AUDIO LOG Tape # Date Speech Title Location Length Off Record? Coverage Additional Speaker Notes A0001 1/19/1977 PRE-INAUGURAL TAPE Blair House, Washington, 0:02:48 No MEDIA NONE Remarks of the President in D.C. a film message to the World BLAIR House A0002 1/20/1976 Remarks of the President at US Capitol, Washington, D.C. 0:14:30 No MEDIA NONE the swearing in ceremony A0003 1/20/1977 Remarks of the President at Pension Building, 0:01:30 No MEDIA NONE an Inaugural Ball Washington, D.C. A0004 1/20/1977 Remarks of the President at Mayflower Hotel, 0:03:00 No MEDIA NONE an Inaugural Ball Washington, D.C. A0005 1/20/1977 Remarks of the President at Mayflower Hotel, 0:01:50 No MEDIA NONE an Inaugural Ball Washington, D.C. A0006 1/20/1977 Remarks of the President at Ballroom Hilton Hotel, 0:02:00 No MEDIA NONE an Inaugural Ball Washing ton, D.C. Friday, November 20, 2015 Page 1 of 430 Tape # Date Speech Title Location Length Off Record? Coverage Additional Speaker Notes A0007 1/20/1977 Remarks of the President at Exhibition Room, Hilton 0:04:00 No MEDIA NONE an Inaugural Party Hotel, Washington, D.C. A0008 1/20/1977 Remarks of the President in Shoreham Hotel, 0:02:40 No MEDIA NONE a reception in the Washington, D.C. Ambassador Room A0009 1/20/1977 Remarks of the President at Shoreham Hotel, 0:02:52 No MEDIA NONE a Reception in the Regency Washington, D.C. -
Land Grabbers, Toadstool Worshippers, and the Sagebrush Rebellion in Utah, 1979-1981
Brigham Young University BYU ScholarsArchive Theses and Dissertations 2005-07-15 Land Grabbers, Toadstool Worshippers, and the Sagebrush Rebellion in Utah, 1979-1981 Jedediah S. Rogers Brigham Young University - Provo Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd Part of the History Commons BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Rogers, Jedediah S., "Land Grabbers, Toadstool Worshippers, and the Sagebrush Rebellion in Utah, 1979-1981" (2005). Theses and Dissertations. 601. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/601 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. LAND GRABBERS, TOADSTOOL WORSHIPPERS, AND THE SAGEBRUSH REBELLION IN UTAH, 1979–1981 by Jedediah S. Rogers A thesis submitted to the faculty of Brigham Young University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master’s of History Department of History Brigham Young University August 2005 Copyright © 2005 Jedediah S. Rogers All Rights Reserved BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GRADUATE COMMITTEE APPROVAL of a thesis submitted by Jedediah S. Rogers This thesis has been read by each member of the following graduate committee and by majority vote has been found to be satisfactory. ___________________ ________________________________________ Date Thomas G. Alexander, Chair ___________________ ________________________________________ -
The Secret History of the Fair Housing Act
\\jciprod01\productn\H\HLL\53-1\HLL112.txt unknown Seq: 1 20-JAN-16 10:27 ARTICLE THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE FAIR HOUSING ACT JONATHAN ZASLOFF* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .......................................... 247 II. ENFORCEMENT IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968 ......... 250 R III. CONGRESS AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1966 ........... 254 R IV. THE 90TH SENATE AND THE PRECARIOUS LEADERSHIP OF EVERETT DIRKSEN ....................................... 256 R V. EVERETT DIRKSEN IN 1967–68: PROBLEMS AT HOME ....... 258 R VI. MAKING A DEAL ........................................ 260 R A. The Senate Takes Up Civil Rights ..................... 260 R B. “Don’t Ask Me What I Had To Give Him” ............ 262 R C. The Specifics of the Deal............................. 264 R D. The Mayor .......................................... 266 R E. Was There Even a Deal? ............................. 269 R VII. CARRYING THE TROOPS ................................... 271 R VIII. CONCLUSION ............................................ 276 R The dominant scholarly consensus holds that the Fair Housing Act of 1968 was “toothless” and devoid of enforcement; in the words of the pre-eminent scholars of U.S. housing segregation, it was “intentionally designed so that it would not and could not work.” This Article demonstrates that this consensus is wrong, and that in fact the Fair Housing Act contained ample enforcement mechanisms. Moreover, it reveals the “secret history” of the Fair Housing Act, namely, that it passed in 1968 not through congressional perfidy, but rather through a classic political deal between President Lyndon Johnson and Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen, in which a weakened Dirksen agreed to support fair housing to preserve his leadership position and very probably his Senate seat. -
The BG News December 9, 1982
Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 12-9-1982 The BG News December 9, 1982 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News December 9, 1982" (1982). BG News (Student Newspaper). 4077. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/4077 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. The weather Cloudy and cold today. High in the mid 20s. In- creasing cloudiness to- good night. Low in the low 20s. morning BG News Wedsnesday Bowling Green State University December 9, 1982 House criticizes Reagan's proposal to house deadly missiles together in Wyo. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Reagan Senate - would amount to "telling the administration, stung by House re- world we are disarming unilate- jection of production plans for the MX rally." missile, ran into stiff criticism in the In a television interview, the de- Senate Wednesday on its proposal to fense secretary conceded that "... bunch the deadly nuclear missiles some way we have not yet been able together in Wyoming. to convey to the American people or to "'The public is getting the idea the the Congress the really serious na- whole thing is a boondoggle," Sen. ture, the growing nature of the peril" Henry M. -
DI CP23 F6 Ocrcombined Withcitations Updated.Pdf
United States Senate MEMORANDUM As of 5-19-69 the Senate had raised $102,550 the House $150,875 which gives the Senate credit for of the funds raised jointly. We have an agreed 45-55 split which means the Senate is doing something less than its share to date. Total funds raised to date is $284,095 Senator: As per your request, with some added thoughts, for your approval, is the attached run down on the Committees. Eiler Should the Democrats lose control of the Senate in 1970, the Standing Committees of the 92nd Congress will in all likelyhood have the following as Chairmen: AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES Replacing Clinton Anderson, will be either Carl Curtis or Mark Hatfield assuming Margaret Chase Smith takes over Armed Services. AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY Jack Miller is the likely replacement for Senator Ellender APPROPRIATIONS Milton Young would be replacing Richard Russell ARMED SERVICES Margaret Chase Smith replacing John Stennis BANKING AND CURRENCY John Tower will likely replace John Sparkman as Bennett is likely to chose the Finance Committee COMMERCE Norris Cotton replaces Warren Magnuson DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Winston Prouty or possible Charles Goodell replaces Joe Tydings FINANCE Wallace Bennett will replace Russell Long assuming John Williams does not change his mind about seeking re-election. FOREIGN RELATIONS George Aikin replaces Bill Fulbright GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS Karl Mundt replaces John McClellan INTERIOR COMMITTEE Gordon Allott replaces Scoop Jackson Committee replacements p. 2 JUDICIARY Everett Dirksen replaces James Eastland LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE Jacob Javits replaces Ralph Yarborough POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE Hiram Fong replaces Gale McGee PUBLIC WORKS John Sherman Cooper will replace Jennings Randolph RULES AND ADMINISTRATION Hugh Scott will replace E. -
Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 107 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 107 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 148 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2002 No. 23 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was to the Senate from the President pro AMENDMENT NO. 2980 TO AMENDMENT NO. 2917, AS called to order by the Honorable BEN- tempore (Mr. BYRD). FURTHER MODIFIED JAMIN E. NELSON, a Senator from the The legislative clerk read the fol- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- State of Nebraska. lowing letter: pore. The majority leader. Mr. DASCHLE. I send an amendment U.S. SENATE, PRAYER PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, to the desk and ask for its consider- Washington, DC, March 6, 2002. ation. The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Ogilvie, offered the following prayer: To the Senate: Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, pore. The clerk will report. Gracious God, all through our history of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby The assistant legislative clerk read as a nation You have helped us battle appoint the Honorable BENJAMIN E. NELSON, as follows: the enemies of freedom and democracy. a Senator from the State of Nebraska, to The Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Many of the pages of our history are perform the duties of the Chair. DASCHLE] proposes an amendment numbered red with the blood of those who paid ROBERT C. BYRD, 2980 to amendment No. 2917. the supreme sacrifice in just wars President pro tempore. Mr. DASCHLE. I ask unanimous con- against tyranny. -
10/10/78 No. 1 [2]
10/10/78 No. 1 [2] Folder Citation: Collection: Office of Staff Secretary; Series: Presidential Files; Folder: 10/10/78 No. 1 [2]; Container 94 To See Complete Finding Aid: http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/library/findingaids/Staff_Secretary.pdf WITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES) FORM OF C::ORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE DATE RESTRICTION DOeUMENT : I . Memo ,. Wa"tsgg, tg I>I".9S a ear LEI I Wyatt-as~RI89~ .-t pp. I "Ye.EIIE~C.Y Leg1Slatiod! ,1 · " 10/7/78 ' A dpCI\•&/ ,,... /.A C- JIL ~ /).( ~ l'f-J1; I-f'' (/1.?/IJ .. Memo· from r.ir. Robert Smith, to attn. 9/RD 55 pp. 1 re:,Inspection findings for GLACAA 11./23/77 j( ' ; 0 0 •,,' ' ":~. i.·o" 'r ,(! ..,f?,. ··,.,;, ;~- ' ···.. " J ' ,. ·~ ' , .. •' ) .~·· ' ~ ~' , : '<', . •'' ,.· .~: ... ;·. ; " '''· .~ . ' '. FILE LOCATION Carter Presidential Papers-Staff Of.fices, Off fee ,of Staff Sec~ --President.ial Handmriting File, 10/10/78 [No. 1] [2] Box 105 RESTRICTION CODES (A) Closed by Exeeutive Order 12356'governing access to national security information: (B) Closed by statute or· by the agency which originated the document. (C) Closed. in accordance with restrlctions·contained in the donor's·deed of gift. NATIPNAL ARCHI'I'ESAND RECORDS ADMIN·ISTRATION. \ \ . ·I ... :· I i ... :, THE WHITE HOUSE WASHING"{'ON '. October 10, 1978 Jack Watson The attached was returned in the President's outbox today and is forwarded to you for your information. 'i Rick Hutcheson , . '.:_ . ' ·; I. I i. ;! -· .. ; I FOR STAFFING ' FOR INFORMAT,ION / FROM PRESIDENT'S OUTBOX LOG IN7TO PRESIDENT TODAY IMME:OIATE TURNAROUND NO DEADLINE LAST DAY FOR ACTION - ADMIN CONFID CONFIDENTIAL SECRET EYES ONLY VICE PRESIDENT EIZENSTAT -- --- JORDAN ARAGON KRAFT BOURNE -- LIPSHUTZ BUTLER MOORE H.