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Administration Wins & Losses
21. After a decision by Canada that she would go it alone if necessary, Congress finally approved the:
1. Arctic defense appropriation.
2. Alaska-Canada Power project.
3. Columbia River Power project.
4. Lake Athabaska Uranium project.
5. St. Lawrence Seaway project.
22. Southern Senators ganged up to defeat a Constitutional amendment proposed by President Eisenhower which would :
1. Prohibit changing the size of the Supreme Court.
2. Lower the voting age to 18.
3. Restore Prohibition.
4. Abolish all poll taxes and property qualifications for voting.
5. Give the Federal Government ownership of tidelands oil.
23. Shelved in the Senate by a vote of 50-42 was an Administration-sponsored bill to amend the:
1. Reciprocal Trade Act.
2. Minimum Wage Law.
3. FCC Act which forbids wiretapping.
4. Taft-Hartley Act.
5. Buy-American Act.
24. In a unanimous decision which not only affected millions of American families but also had important repercussions on U.S. prestige abroad, the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional:
1. Tariffs.
2. Bans on shipments of so-called strategic materials.
3. Subsidies on exports.
4. Segregation in public schools.
5. The McCarran immigration law.
25. The abrupt firing of Commissioner Guy T. O. Holly day — although he was not personally involved — preceded exposure of Washington's newest scandal:
1. Housing loans.
2. Grain storage loans.
3. Sale of TV station licenses.
4. Mink coats in the War Department.
5. RFC loans.
26. All but one of these Congressmen were shot by fanatical Puerto Ricans who invaded the House:
1. Alvin Bentley of Michigan.
2. Cliff Davis of Tennessee.
3. Ben Jensen of Iowa.
4. Percy Priest of Tennessee.
5. George Fallon of Maryland.
The Political Scene
27. Some New York State G.O.P. officials squirmed when Governor Dewey's investigation revealed they had made fantastic profits from the racket-ridden:
1. Waterfront public loaders.
2. Trotting tracks.
3. Slot machine business.
4. Highway construction program.
5. State purchasing office.
28. California's 26th District Democrats (but not National Chairman Stephen Mitchell) endorsed Jimmy Roosevelt for Congress despite:
1. His temporary defection to the G.O.P. in 1952.
2. His refusal to support Stevenson in 1952.
3. The fact that he had served in the Karl Warren regime.
4. A warning from his brother Elliot that he would oppose him.
5. His wife's accusations of adultery with a dozen women.
29. McCarthy tried to horn in on the act, but the G.O.P. chose as its spokesman to answer Adlai Stevenson's Miami attack:
1. Vice President Nixon.
2. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
3. Senator Knowland.
4. White House Assistant Sherman Adams.
5. Attorney General Brownell.
30. After investigating charges of irregularities in his 1952 election, the Senate voted to keep in his seat Senator:
1. McCarran of Nevada.
2. Kerr of Oklahoma.
3. Langer of North Dakota.