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Show Senator Magnuson Asks for 'Working Majority' in Senate help give the party a solid working work-ing majority. "With a Democratic working majority it would not be necessary neces-sary to wait until 1960 tq change domestic policies which cause tight money and hold up natural nat-ural resources development." He added that a real "Democrat "Demo-crat majority would permit the Congress to change a foreign policy of backing, changing and filling." , Sen. Magnuson criticized efforts ef-forts to hold Quemoy and Matsu but emphasized that this country would defend Formosa whether Chiang was there or not because it is part of our defense perimeter. peri-meter. It is said that we would lose face by withdrawing support sup-port for these tiny islands. We lose more than face when the secretary of state flies across the world to talk with Chiang on what we can do." Accomplishments in the field of fisheries, transportation, communications, com-munications, and river basin development de-velopment by Sen. Magnuson stem from his chairmanship of the Senate committee on Interstate Inter-state and Foreign Commerce and membership on the Senate appropriations ap-propriations committee. Achievements in education and small business result from the use of Magnuson's yardstick that legislation should make new gains toward meeting human needs and hastening economic, scientific and technological progress. pro-gress. Prior to Congressional service Magnuson authored Washington Social Security Act and Unemployment Unem-ployment Compensation law as a member of the State House of Representatives following his election in 1932. He saw action in the Pacific during World War II, serving as an officer on the aircraft carrier Enterprise. While earning his law degree at the University of Washington he worked his way through his school by driving an ice delivery truck. Sen. WaiTtii Maawon ... Sen. Warren G. Magnuson of Washington this week told Utah voters that "a working Democratic Demo-cratic majority in the next Congress Con-gress can do a great deal to change the foreign and domestic policies of the Republican administration ad-ministration which have made most voters dissatisfied." Sen. Magnuson was one of several out-of-state Senators and Representatives who spoke in the state in behalf of Democratih candidates. Others were Rep. Richard Bol-lin Bol-lin of Missouri and Rep. Stewart Udall of Arizona, and Senator George W. Smathers of Florida. In his Utah addresses the Senator Sen-ator from Washington noted, "It is not my place to tell Utah citizens citi-zens how to vote. But perhaps I can give them some objective reasons why it would be wise to send Democrats to Congress to |
