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Chapter Thirty-Nine
"This Amendment has been the stance of this Party in the year of 1940, it has been the stance of this Party for forty years, and it must be the stance of this Party in the year of 1980."
-John Anderson (1980)
"Senator Tower's in charge of the Platform hearings, and there are some organizations that have been concerned with his impartiality-especially in regards to the [Equal] Rights Amendment."
-Roger Mudd (1980)
"We weren't sure over what position to take on the Amendment. There was a fear of Anderson-or some of Anderson's supporters-breaking off if a supportive stance was not amended to the Party Platform. We also faced pressure from the Opposition, and either way we could only fear the results of taking either dierction."
-William F Buckley (1986)
-John Anderson (1980)
"Senator Tower's in charge of the Platform hearings, and there are some organizations that have been concerned with his impartiality-especially in regards to the [Equal] Rights Amendment."
-Roger Mudd (1980)
"We weren't sure over what position to take on the Amendment. There was a fear of Anderson-or some of Anderson's supporters-breaking off if a supportive stance was not amended to the Party Platform. We also faced pressure from the Opposition, and either way we could only fear the results of taking either dierction."
-William F Buckley (1986)
- Israel
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