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Public affairs radio programs

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: This heading is used as a genre/form heading for radio programs about public policy or politics. Radio programs aired by or on behalf of nonprofit or governmental organizations to promote the common well-being or general welfare of society are entered under: Public service radio programs.

Found in 199 Collections and/or Records:

Report from Washington. A.I.D. & Free China, 1965 July 15

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Identifier: M085.10.0198.00044
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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on July 15, 1965. Sen. Dominick discusses topics including American aid to the Chinese Nationalist government on Formosa, and compares the economic conditions there, and on the mainland under the Chinese Communist government.

Dates: 1965 July 15

Report from Washington. Allied support to South Vietnam, 1965 June 10

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Identifier: M085.10.0195.00028
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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on June 10, 1965. Sen. Dominick discusses topics including communist aggression in Vietnam and criticism against the U.S. He gives his support to the United States' presence in Vietnam, and enumerates many countries that are currently supporting the South Vietnamese government.

Dates: 1965 June 10

Report from Washington. American farmer, 1965 September 30

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Identifier: M085.10.0198.00026
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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on Sept. 30, 1965. Sen. Dominick pays tribute to American farmers, listing their many accomplishments including creating efficient methods of crop seeding, fertilization and harvesting; improving crop quality; transforming agriculture into an industry and increasing production of world food supplies while experiencing reductions in the number of working farmers.

Dates: 1965 September 30

Report from Washington. America's relations with its European allies, 1963 December 4

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Identifier: M085.10.0196.00034
Abstract Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, probably in 1963. Sen. Dominick discusses topics including the traditionally strong transatlantic relationship, French efforts to maintain a leadership position in the European Common Market by excluding Great Britain, the role of tactical nuclear weapons and conventional forces in the defense of Europe against Communist aggression, and the questions allies of the United States have on whether a...
Dates: 1963 December 4

Report from Washington. Backdoor spending, 1961 October 2

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Identifier: M085.10.0198.00021
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Congressman Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on Oct. 2, 1961. Rep. Dominick discusses topics including fiscal responsibility, checks and balances, and the difference between appropriations and borrowing authority (technically known as authority to spend from public debt receipts, popularly known as 'backdoor spending' ).

Dates: 1961 October 2

Report from Washington. Behind the scenes maneuvers, Foreign Aid Bill, 1961 August 24

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Identifier: M085.10.0198.00018
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Congressman Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on Aug. 24, 1961. Rep. Dominick discusses topics including Congressional procedures, a pending conference report on the mutual security bill, including proposals to grant borrowing authority to the President, a form of backdoor spending.

Dates: 1961 August 24

Report from Washington. Berlin/Vietnam & communism, 1965 March 5

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Identifier: M085.10.0198.00045
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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on Mar. 4, 1965. Sen. Dominick discusses topics including statistics about shootings at the Berlin Wall, the illusion of peaceful coexistence, the need to fight communism, and his views on the nature of the conflict in Vietnam.

Dates: 1965 March 5

Report from Washington. Big gov't vs. people's rights, 1961 September 16

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Identifier: M085.10.0198.00064
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Congressman Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on Sept. 16, 1961. Rep. Dominick discusses topics including a speech by one of his colleagues that emphasizes the struggle between big government versus peoples' rights. He also discusses topics including the dangers of Federal expansion and the balance of power in

Dates: 1961 September 16

Report from Washington. Billie Sol Estes mess, 1962 May 19

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Identifier: M085.10.0198.00096
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Congressman Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on May 17, 1962. Rep. Dominick discusses the unfolding government scandal involving Billie Sol Estes, a Texas businessman accused of defrauding the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) of millions of dollars in false agricultural subsidies. Dominick also discusses Estes' involvement in an illegal cotton crop allotment scheme.

Dates: 1962 May 19

Report from Washington. Bobby Baker & 5th amendment, 1964 July 8

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Identifier: M085.10.0198.00048
Abstract Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on July 8, 1964. He discusses campaign contributions made by the Council for a Livable World to Democratic Congressional candidates in the Rocky Mountain Region. He also discusses a defeated amendment to a congressional pay raise bill as it relates to Bobby (Robert Gene) Baker, former Democratic Majority Secretary in the Senate, who took the 5th Amendment during a Senate Rules Committee hearing...
Dates: 1964 July 8