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Advocates; Should the Federal Government give tax credits to help pay for school tuition?
Part of The Advocates.
05/11/1978
Moderator: Marilyn Berger Advocate: Antonin Scalia Advocate: William Van Alstyne Witnesses: Sen. S.I. Hayakawa (R) California Walter Williams Economist, Temple University Cong. Paul Simon (D) Illinois Albert Shanker President, United Federation of Teachers
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- Series
- Advocates
- Program
- Should the Federal Government give tax credits to help pay for school tuition?
- Program Number
507
- 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: Marilyn Berger Advocate: Antonin Scalia Advocate: William Van Alstyne Witnesses: Sen. S.I. Hayakawa – (R) California Walter Williams – Economist, Temple University Cong. Paul Simon – (D) Illinois Albert Shanker – President, United Federation of Teachers Produced by WGBH in Washington, DC. Bears WGBH copyright.
- Duration
00:59:13
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Berger, Marilyn
- Shanker, Albert
- Simon, Paul, 1928-2003
- Scalia, Antonin
- Hayakawa, S. I. (Samuel IchiyeÌ), 1906-1992
- Van Alstyne, William W.
- Locations
- Washington, D.C.
- Genres
- Debate
- Topics
- Social Issues
- Public Affairs
- Contributors
- Van Alstyne, William (Guest)
- Williams, Walter (Guest)
- Hayakawa, S.I. (Guest)
- Simon, Paul (Guest)
- Shanker, Albert (Guest)
- Berger, Marilyn (Moderator)
- Scalia, Antonin (Guest)
- Publication Information
- Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
- Citation
- Chicago: “Advocates; Should the Federal Government give tax credits to help pay for school tuition?,” 05/11/1978, GBH Archives, accessed December 18, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_5C5C90C877D74EC897A935C27D33E58D.
- MLA: “Advocates; Should the Federal Government give tax credits to help pay for school tuition?.” 05/11/1978. GBH Archives. Web. December 18, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_5C5C90C877D74EC897A935C27D33E58D>.
- APA: Advocates; Should the Federal Government give tax credits to help pay for school tuition?. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_5C5C90C877D74EC897A935C27D33E58D