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03591aam a2200493 i 4500 001 61115514875711E9A56C064497128E48 003 SILO 005 20190605010028 008 181106s2019 iluaf b s001 0beng c 010 $a 2018051408 020 $a 0252042441 020 $a 9780252042447 035 $a (OCoLC)1057377467 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d SPI $d ZQP $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E840.8.Y38 $b D67 2019 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Dorf, Michael C., $e author. 245 10 $a Clear it with Sid! : $b Sidney R. Yates and fifty years of presidents, pragmatism, and public service / $c Michael C. Dorf and George Van Dusen. 264 1 $a Champaign, IL : $b University of Illinois Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xii, 271 pages, 15 pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "From 1949 to 1999, Congressman Sidney R. Yates of Illinois served under ten Presidents of the United States and eight Speakers of the House of Representatives. He debated and helped shape many of the major issues which formed America's dominance of the postwar world. In particular, as an Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman, a member of the 'College of Cardinals, ' Yates became the preeminent legislator on the environment, Native American rights, human rights, Israel and anti-Semitism, and the arts and humanities. As Speaker Tip O'Neill would tell congressmen when sensitive policy questions arose, 'Clear it with Sid!' In 'Clear it With Sid, ' Michael C. Dorf and George Van Dusen trace the evolution of Sid Yates, son of a blacksmith from Lithuania, from freshman congressman to venerated elder statesman and recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal. With unprecedented access to the papers, family, and friends of Yates, they round out the portrait of a man who could be petty and stubborn at times, but who had also found the key to being effective, respected, and able to reach across a violently partisan aisle, demonstrating that even in these hostile times, there are ways for representatives to work together for the public good"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The crusader, 1949-62 -- The road to Capitol Hill -- The class of '49 -- "Here comes this nice, good-looking guy" -- "The judgment of admirals" -- Yates for Senate -- To the United Nations and back -- "This precious resource" -- America's committee -- Three years of the culture wars -- "The last Sanhedrin met in 70 CE" -- The final years. 600 10 $a Yates, Sidney Richard, $d 1909-2000. 610 10 $a United States. $b House $b House $v Biography. 600 17 $a Yates, Sidney Richard, $d 1909-2000. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00436430 610 17 $a United States. $b House. $b House. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00536930 650 0 $a Legislators $z United States $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1945-1989. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1989-1993. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1993-2001. 650 7 $a Legislators. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00995828 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1945-2001 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 700 1 $a Van Dusen, George, $e author. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020011525.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190702015820.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=61115514875711E9A56C064497128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search