Kohler: A Political Biography of Walter J.Kohler, Jr.Routledge, 2018 M01 16 - 142 páginas McCarthy and Eisenhower, Nelson, Lucey, and Proxmire--they were all giants of state and national politics in the 1950s. Yet the period also produced Walter J. Kohler, Jr., a three-term governor who, in the words of the Milwaukee Journal, was the most dominant force in Wisconsin politics of his era. In this highly readable biography personalities and events of the 1950s are discussed, as are some of the issues that still divide contemporary Democrats and Republicans in the twenty-first century. Walter Kohler was one of two men to gather 1 million votes for governor in Wisconsin through the end of the twentieth century. He is credited with helping create the Eisenhower presidency, both by his support in Wisconsin's critical presidential primary, and by organizing the nation's Republican governors to endorse Ike in the run-up to the 1952 GOP Convention. He signed the largest income tax cut, in percentage-rate terms, at any level of government between Coolidge and Kennedy. He fought for a vast expansion of Wisconsin's highway system, and in 1952 launched what became a national crusade for traffic safety. He paved the way for coordination of Wisconsin's now-unified university system; took the battle for civil rights to Wisconsin's shipping, hotel, manufacturing, and other industries, and became the first governor in two decades to fulfill his constitutional duty to enact a reapportionment of the state legislature. Fossedal also captures Kohler as political anti-hero.In an age when Americans long for self-governance by our political and corporate officials, Kohler's integrity as a man may be as arresting as his acts as governor. |
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... driving safety measures at the same time. In this same period, Wisconsin kept a reasonable rein on spending—but placed a priority on paying a fair wage to teachers, regulators, and other state employees, because it is ultimately a ...
... Driving around the two towns, you have the feeling you are in a Potemkin village – lost in a false portrait where some clever industrialist has created an optical illusion of environmental harmony. At times the picture seems too ...
... driving miles, and people, highway deaths declined slightly for the decade and the rate of fatalities (per hour of driving) fell by more than 25 percent. Before Mothers Against Drunk Driving, there was Governor Walter Kohler. Along the ...
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Kohler: A Political Biography of Walter J. Kohler, Jr Gregory A. Fossedal Vista previa limitada - 2003 |