LOBBYING IN AMERICAN POLITICS

by Fred J. Cook ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 1, 1976

Cook may be overoptimistic about the potential of public interest lobbies and he offers no consequential analysis of the system as a whole, but he does have a seasoned reporter's store of muckraking anecdotes. His exposure of the China Lobby's elusive Committee of One Million is the first we've seen at this level and his gallery of lobbyists includes such varied personalities as playboy Sam Ward and prohibitionist Wayne Bidwell Wheeler. Then there was Arthur H. Samish of California, far and away our favorite, who actually got a derelict elected to the legislature as a practical joke; the former hobo turned out to be quite astute, and Samish viewed the idea of the poor having their own representative in government with tolerant amusement. Good raw material for political buffs.

Pub Date: March 1, 1976

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: 160

Publisher: Watts

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1976

Categories: NONFICTION