Radio journalists

Abstract Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on June 5, 1965. Sen. Dominick talks in depth about the Public Works and Economic Development Act. He reviews numerous provisions of the act and the reasons he opposed its passage in the Senate including its high costs, its lack of program reviews and oversight, and its provision of subsidized loans. He also discusses his view that the act repackages and expands two failed programs, the Area...

Abstract Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on Aug. 11, 1965. Sen. Dominick discusses topics including the Congress constitutional role in authorizing, appropriating and coining money, the removal of silver from coinage, the federal price controls leading to the shortage of silver, the shortage of circulating coins, and the standards for metal content of U.S. coinage. He reports that he has been appointed to the Joint Commission on the...

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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on August 20, 1964. He answers questions about the status of legislation authorizing the Savory Pothook, Bostwick Park, and Fruitland Mesa water storage projects on the Western Slope of Colorado as well as whether the crops irrigated by these projects would be cash crops or surplus crops eligible for government subsidies.

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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on May 13, 1965. Sen. Dominick discusses topics including bipartisan U.S. opposition to the recognition or admission of the communist government of China to the United Nations, and opposition to its worldwide subversive activities.

Abstract Senator Peter H. Dominick delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on May 21, 1964. Sen. Dominick discusses the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the establishment of the Warren Commission, headed by United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. He also voices his concerns about the report of the commission being withheld from the public in the name of national security as well as the participation of Professor Norman Redlich, an alleged communist...

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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on August 27, 1963. Saying that Congress must find ways to cut federal spending to deal with a budget deficit, Sen. Dominick discusses whether scientific research projects that don't offer an objective benefit to a large number of taxpayers should be subsidized by the government or whether they should be funded by private individuals and organizations.

Abstract Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on March 18, 1966. Sen. Dominick discusses the impact of inflation on consumer prices, especially the rising cost of higher education. He announces the defeat of a plan that he co-sponsored with Senator Abraham Ribicoff (D-Conn.), the Ribicoff-Dominick Tuition Tax Credit Proposal. Dominick says this proposal would have established tax credits for individuals as well as provided incentives for...

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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on July 3, 1964. Sen. Dominick discusses topics including the State Dept.'s licensing of U.S. petrochemical equipment exports to Romania, the prospect of transhipment of U.S. goods to Red China, and the export credits announced by the President.

Abstract Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on December 2, 1965. Sen. Dominick says that the most important question facing the economy is whether the current prosperity can continue indefinitely. He also states his concern about current fiscal policies. He discusses signs of inflation including increases in prices for food, commodities, and industrial and consumer goods as well as an increase in overall cost of living expenses. Other topics...

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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on July 23, 1964. Sen. Dominick discusses topics including silver reserves, prices, production, and coinage in the United States. He concludes that there will be no progress on resolving differences between the Treasury Dept. and the Congress until after the next election.