So". Dirksen concluded. "we of the minority know we are not going anywhere." 5 Nonetheless. Dirksen intended to be an active and constructive member. He boldly requested committee assignments on the powerful Appropriations. Ways and Means. and Commerce panels. Party leaders rebuked this upstart with assignments to the committees on Territories. Immigration. and the District of Columbia! Only in 1937. with fewer members to fill Republican committee slots. did Dirksen finally land a choice assignment on the Appropriations Committee. Dirksen soon associated himself with the moderate political views and the pragmatic style of Massachusetts Joseph Martin. an assistant minority leader.
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