To: Wharf Rat who wrote (176770 ) 8/13/2020 9:26:29 PM From: Brumar89 Respond to I thought so:conservative economic policies and supported the internationalism of President Dwight D. Eisenhower . Dirksen succeeded William F. Knowland as Senate Minority Leader after the latter declined to seek re-election in 1958.Mike Mansfield and supported President Lyndon B. Johnson 's handling of the Vietnam War. He helped break the Southern filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Robert A. Taft of Ohio , the longtime leader of the Republican party's conservative wing. At the national party convention, Dirksen gave a speech attacking New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey , a liberal Republican and the leading supporter of General Dwight Eisenhower , the commander of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II and Taft's opponent for the Republican presidential nomination. During his speech, Dirksen pointed at Dewey on the convention floor and shouted, "Don't take us down the path to defeat again," [29] a reference to Dewey's presidential defeats in 1944 and 1948. His speech was met by cheers from conservative delegates and loud boos from pro-Eisenhower delegates. After Eisenhower won the nomination, Dirksen then supported him.Civil Rights Acts of 1957 , [31] 1960 , [32] 1964 , [33] and 1968 , [34] as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution , [35] the Voting Rights Act of 1965 , [36] and the confirmation of Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court .
