"Every man must change his views as times and events change." says Senate, Minority Leader Everett McKinley Dirksen, invoking the golden tones that make him one of the few orators left on Capitol Hill who can still entice a quorum into, the press gallery. In more than a quarter of a century in the House and Senate, Dirksen has changed his position from time to time on such vital matters as foreign policy, foreign aid. military matters and agricultural legislation. But where less nimble politicians would have tripped. Ev Dirksen, at 66, is...
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