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position as to which there was disagreement amongst the various counties and cities. Rappahannock, Page, Staunton, Rockbridge and Amhurst agreed with the President in opposition to the Brinker Amendment. Waynesboro was tied on this, and all other jurisdictions favoiyd it. Rockbridge, Nelson and Amhurst agreed with the President in favorfhg the soil bank whereas all other jurisdictions opposed it. Rappahannock, Harrisonburg, Waynesboro and Rockbridge agreed with the President that the Federal Government should be improved in the new highway program, but all other jurisdictions disagreed with the President on this. Warren, Rappahannock and Highland, by small majorities, favored the pending bill for federal aid to school construction, but the 16 other jurisdictions disagreed with the President on this. Amhurst, Nelson, Bath, Highland and Page agreed with the President’s proposal to subsidize volunteer hospitalization plans, and all others disagreed. Eight jurisdictions agreed with the President’s public housing program, 10 disagreed, and Augusta County was tied. Winchester, Warren, Harriso n b u rg, Augusta, Waynesboro, Nelson and Amherst agreed with the President in favoring extending the $1 minimum wage to re-, tail stores and service establishments The other 12 jurisdictions disagreed.
Amherst and Nelson Counties, the only two counties in the District which voted against President Eisenhower in the 1952 election, agreed with more of his program than any other counties in the district. Rockingham, Shenandoah, Clarke and Frederick Counties, which heavily supported the President in 1952, agreed with less of his program than any other areas.
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