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Show j issembly Speaker iked for Tonight if '! M. Unruh, speaker of , fj:: California Assembly, will ad's ad-'s a political science banquet j" rie structure of an effective I 'siiture tonight at 7 p.m. in I Panorama Room of the f ' a He is appearing under auspices of the Hinckley In- j : ! stitute of Practical Politics. The dinner will also inaugurate inaugur-ate an annual spring banquet for seniors and graduate students stu-dents in political science according accord-ing to Professor J. D. Williams, director of the Hinckley Institute. Insti-tute. The Hinckley Institute works to promote political interest and activity on campus. It supports all politically oriented groups. Unruh is in Utah on a two-day two-day consultation with the Legislative Legis-lative Study Commission. Unruh has made a name for himself as a master of legislative legisla-tive arts in this country. As President of the National Conference Con-ference of State Legislative Leaders, he is a recognized authority au-thority on legislative organization organiza-tion and practical politics. The New Guard, a monthly periodical, said, "As a legislative dictator, he makes Joe Cannon and Sam Rayburn look pale." As a California Assemblyman, Unruh has authored many pieces of major legislation during the past 10 years. Among the more significant ones are the California Califor-nia Civil Rights Act of 1959 and the Education Act of 1964. Unruh was considered a potential po-tential rival of Pat Brown for the gubernatorial seat in California Cali-fornia last summer. Of his possible pos-sible candidacy the New Guard said, "Big Daddy" (Unruh's nick Jesse Unruh, speaker of the California Assembly, tonight will lecture on the structure of effective legislatures at banquet name) is a formidable contender for Pat Brown's seat. At his command are total mastery of machine politics, a superb grasp of state problems, an unforget-able unforget-able face, an understanding of his own ideology, and wide notoriety. noto-riety. He would be the far most difficult Democrat for Republicans Republi-cans to whip." Unruh, however, decided not to run as a Democratic Demo-cratic gubernatorial candidate. He has also acted as a part-time part-time consudtant to the Eagle In stitute of Politics at Rutgers, which is similar to the Hinckley Institute except larger. The Hinckley Institute, which originated this school year, has brought other prominent faces to the U. During fall quarter it sponsored Sari Albert, Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives who spoke on the role of the legislature. legis-lature. It also presented the director di-rector of the Eagle Institute when he was in Salt Lake. |