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Advocates; Should The Federal Government Subsidize Political Campaigns and Limit Individual Contributions?
Part of The Advocates.
02/07/1974
Moderator: Evan Semerjian Advocate: Joseph Biden Advocate: Tom Bourdeaux Witnesses: Sen. Joseph Biden (D) Delaware Rep. John Anderson - (R) Illinois George Webster - Washington Attorney David Wilson - Boston Globe
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- Series
- Advocates
- Program
- Should The Federal Government Subsidize Political Campaigns and Limit Individual Contributions?
- Program Number
414
- 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: Evan Semerjian Advocate: Joseph Biden Advocate: Tom Bourdeaux Witnesses: Sen. Joseph Biden – (D) Delaware Rep. John Anderson – (R ) Illinois George Webster – Washington Attorney David Wilson – Boston Globe Produced by WGBH at Faneuil Hall. Bears WGBH copyright
- Duration
01:00:10
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Webster, George
- Biden, Joseph R.
- Wilson, David
- Anderson, John Bayard, 1922-
- Bourdeaux, Tom
- Semerjian, Evan
- Locations
- Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
- Genres
- Debate
- Topics
- Public Affairs
- Social Issues
- Contributors
- Bourdeaux, Tom (Guest)
- Biden, Joseph (Guest)
- Wilson, George (Guest)
- Webster, George (Guest)
- Semerjian, Evan (Moderator)
- Anderson, John (Guest)
- Publication Information
- Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
- Citation
- Chicago: “Advocates; Should The Federal Government Subsidize Political Campaigns and Limit Individual Contributions?,” 02/07/1974, GBH Archives, accessed December 18, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_036A8212AFA94893A7DA5907D8412F6E.
- MLA: “Advocates; Should The Federal Government Subsidize Political Campaigns and Limit Individual Contributions?.” 02/07/1974. GBH Archives. Web. December 18, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_036A8212AFA94893A7DA5907D8412F6E>.
- APA: Advocates; Should The Federal Government Subsidize Political Campaigns and Limit Individual Contributions?. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_036A8212AFA94893A7DA5907D8412F6E