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Editorials
November 3, 1956 issue

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The article presents incidents related to the U.S. Politics during then year 1956. Congressman Adam Clayton Powell has a penchant for setting off political chain reactions. Powell was in Europe when the Democrats assembled in Chicago, a circumstance which made it necessary for the delegates to adopt a civil-rights plank without benefit of his views. A recent forum dealing with major election issues revealed an interesting emphasis in the young people's attitudes. The participating students and their basic positions were described. Susan Hoyt, a former Democratic supporter who switched to Ike because she thought it would be wrong to stop the Hydrogen bomb tests.

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UNITED States -- Politics & government -- 1953-1961; LEGISLATORS -- United States; CIVIL rights; ELECTIONS; ATTITUDE (Psychology); STUDENTS; POLITICAL participation; UNITED States
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