Advocates; Should We Use Half Of The Federal Gasoline Tax For Mass Transit?

01/11/1970

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Advocates

Program

Should We Use Half Of The Federal Gasoline Tax For Mass Transit?

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Series Description

A SERIES OF DEBATES with a moderator facilitating the discussion of national and international issues - using advocates who would introduce witnesses to support their point of view. Debates recorded at Boston's Faneuil Hall. Moderators included: Michael Dukakis; Marilyn Berger; Michael Harrington, Robert Maynard. (Premiered October, 1969; conceived by Prof. Roger Fisher.) Other participants included Barney Frank, Avi Nelson, Antonin Scalia, S.I. Hayakawa, Paul Simon, Albert Shankar, Richard Bolling, Pete McCloskey, Chester Crocker, John Anderson, Elmo Zumwalt, George Ball, John Kenneth Galbraith, William Colby, Eleanor Smeal, Phyllis Schlafly, Sam Ervin, Laurence Tribe, Daniel Schorr, Orrin Hatch, Morris Udall, Edward Kennedy, George McGovern, Jake Garn, Paul Tsongas, Alan Dershowitz. Series release date: 1969

Program Description

Moderator: Victor Palmieri Advocate: Howard Miller Advocate: Max Greenberg Guest: Sen. Jennings Randolph, Democrat, West Virginia Witnesses: Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco, CA Dr. Richard Michaels, Director of Research, Transportation Center, Northwestern University Robert Bartlett, Secretary of Highways, State of Pennsylvania

Recorded live in Los Angeles, CA.

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Broadcast program

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Audio

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Debate

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Public Affairs

Social Issues

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