"I'm an old campaigner," growled House Republican Leader Joe Martin, "and when I want votes, I go after 'em. Now Sam's an old campaigner too. When he needs votes, he'll go after them too." In jockeying for position on the first U.S. civil rights bill since Reconstruction, Martin and Democrat Sam Rayburn had gone after votes so skillfully that they were deadlocked. Result: late last week, after days of glaring at each other from a distance, the old campaigners were forced to get together on a compromise of a compromise of a...
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