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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. Council for a Livable World, 1964 July 2

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Identifier: M085.10.0195.00025
Abstract

Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on July 2, 1964. Sen. Dominick discusses the Council for a Livable World, including its mission of promoting nuclear disarmament and its financial support for various members of Congress.

Dates: 1964 July 2

Report from Washington. Cuba, 1963 June 18

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Identifier: M085.10.0198.00075
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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on June 18, 1963. Sen. Dominick discusses topics including bulletins from the Miami-based Cuban Student Directorate, the Cuban black market, executions, detentions, the exodus of refugees, and other problems in Cuba.

Dates: 1963 June 18

Report from Washington. Customs Amendment, 1965 April 29

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Identifier: M085.10.0198.00099
Abstract Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on Apr. 28, 1965. Sen. Dominick discusses topics including his proposal to amend the United States Tariff Acts of 1911 and 1930 to allow the U.S. Customs Bureau to perform services on nights, weekends, and holidays on ships, railways, and at airports without charging the passenger extra. He advocates parity with the after-hours service currently available at no extra charge to persons entering by...
Dates: 1965 April 29

Report from Washington. Dealing with Communist Russia, 1962 July 18

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Identifier: M085.10.0198.00040
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Congressman Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on July 20, 1961. Rep. Dominick discusses topics including the Berlin Crisis, and the problems encountered when negotiating with Russia and other Communist countries.

Dates: 1962 July 18

Report from Washington. Disarmament, 1963 March 28

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Identifier: M085.10.0198.00056
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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on Mar. 28, 1963. Sen. Dominick discusses topics including disarmament negotiations with the Soviet Union on the test ban treaty, and procedures for inspections and monitoring. He explains his support for a Concurrent Resolution requiring submission of any agreement to the Senate in the form of a treaty to be considered for ratification.

Dates: 1963 March 28

Report from Washington. Do nothing Congress, 1963 August 7

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Identifier: M085.10.0198.00089
Abstract Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on August 7, 1963. Sen. Dominick compares the accomplishments of the 80th Congress, described by President Harry S. Truman as the do nothing Congress, to the current Congress. He finds that the first session of the 88th Congress has passed fewer bills, many of which simply extended existing laws dealing with the draft, corporate and excise taxes, and the national debt ceiling. He attributes the...
Dates: 1963 August 7

Report from Washington. Dominick comment (inflation), 1965 November 10

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Identifier: M085.10.0198.00027
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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on Sept. 17, 1965. Sen. Dominick discusses topics including inflation and the Dept. of Labor's Consumer Price Index.

Dates: 1965 November 10

Report from Washington. Dominick India trip, 1965 December 28

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Identifier: M085.10.0198.00038
Abstract Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on Dec. 28, 1965. Sen. Dominick discusses topics including his November trip to Japan, India and Pakistan as part of a seven member inter-parliamentary delegation. Seven Senators from the Committee on Foreign Relations were appointed to the delegation for Vice-President Humphrey. This first part of his trip report focuses on Japanese political parties, their differing policy positions, America's...
Dates: 1965 December 28

Report from Washington. Equipment rental, 1962 May 12

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Identifier: M085.10.0198.00062
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Congressman Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on May 11, 1962. Rep. Dominick discusses topics including how tax dollars are spent, Congressional oversight, fiscal operations of government departments, and waste in government. He specifically discusses the losses incurred by surplus equipment sales by the government, and recommends that lease or rental of equipment in common commercial use would reduce this problem.

Dates: 1962 May 12

Report from Washington. Extreme left, 1965 May 19

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Identifier: M085.10.0198.00035
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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on May 19, 1965. Sen. Dominick discusses topics including extremism, radical left organizations and communist influence in the U.S.

Dates: 1965 May 19