Evaluation of the National Convention as a means for setting party policy

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Date
1956
Summary
The panel takes up the importance of the national convention in drafting a party platform and important intra-party conflicts which have developed over the drafting of such platforms at recent conventions. Along these same lines, the panel considers the procedure used to draft the platform and the question of whether the platform is drafted to represent the policy position of the candidate or for the candidate to stand on.
Contributors
Dr. Albert B. Martin; Dr. William J. Keefe; Dr. Edward F. Cooke; Robert J. McCully; Citizenship Clearing House of Western Pennsylvania; WQED, Pittsburgh; Paul Long; Warren R. Smith, Inc.
Publishers
National Educational Television; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
Genres
Educational; Political
Subject
Political conventions--United States.
Collection
National Educational Television
Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
Language
English
Rights Statement
No Copyright - United States
Physical Description
1 Film (0:30:00); 16mm
Other Identifiers
IULMIA Film Database: 40000003114222; Other: GR00466491; MDPI Barcode: 40000003114222

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