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Show G.O.P. Not Liberal The Real Republics president of the Young Democrats at the University of Utah. He writes today in reply to Gary Hansen's Han-sen's (College Republicans President) Presi-dent) article on "This Is A Republican." Re-publican." Future controversy and dialogue will be carried by the Chronicle throughout the year. By FRED BRUHN, Y.D. President This article is written in reply ti Mr. Hansen's article "This is a Republican" Oct. 4. The general text of Mr. Hansen's article would lead us to conclude that the Republican Party due to the diversity of opinion contained in its ranks has a great Liberal tradition. tra-dition. This is not the case! Both parties have had diversity of opinion; opin-ion; in the Democratic Party the Congressional voting record of the Dixiecrat is noted for its conservatism, conserva-tism, but this is not the general character of the Party Voting Record. Rec-ord. A look at the voting record of the last session of Congress will explain in which camp progress is being formulated. For example, in reaction to problems in the ghetto, the administration presented nine creative proposals. This was the Republican reaction in the House i action was similar. RepuWI 1. Civil Rights Act 1966 84 opp 2. Voting Rights Act 85 rppi 3. Model Cities W! 4. Poverty Program 88 oppo; 5. Rent Supplements 97 opp 6. Food Stamp Plan 70 oppi 7. Education Fund 73 oppos 8. Minimum Wage Raise 85 oppi: 9. Rat Extermina tion 87 opjx The Rat Extermination bill the most recent and unfortuna: killed by a vote of 207 to 176 r, 154 Democrats and only 22 Re. licans voting for it, the House ing nearly evenly divided bete Democrats and Republicans. ft dent Johnson has urged rem; eration, explaining with a pant-"We pant-"We are spending Federal funij protect our livestock from rotj the least we can do is give children the same protection The liberal element in this tury lies clearly in the Democ Party and as a trend seems i: established toward the B: Party system; it will probabl; come more clearly so. Mr. Hansen, if you see Rep-canism Rep-canism as fulfilling a Liberal : you must be terribly frustrat; . V |
