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Senators Curtis (R., Nebr.) and Goldwater (R., Ariz.) had a fling last week at the Senate Election Subcommittee’s report on 1956 campaign contributions. The subcommittee’s figures—over $20 million spent by the Republicans, against roughly $11 million by the Democrats—they contended, gave a grotesquely distorted picture of what really happened.

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Privileges and Elections

Senators Curtis (R., Nebr.) and Goldwater (R., Ariz.) had a fling last week at the Senate Election Subcommittee’s report on 1956 campaign contributions. The subcommittee’s figures—over $20 million spent by the Republicans, against roughly $11 million by the Democrats—they contended, gave a grotesquely distorted picture of what really happened.