Editing Stuart Symington (section)

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Symington was also committed to constituent services, answering letters from Missouri citizens both important, trivial, and sometimes even zany. As an example, Symington once formally requested a report from military sources regarding the [[Hollow Earth|possible existence of subterranean superhumans]], which one of his constituents had become concerned about after reading a fiction book and mistaking it for non-fiction.{{Citation needed|reason=Western Historical Manuscripts Collection source needed|date=June 2012}} In 2002, this and Symington's other senatorial correspondence and papers were donated to the Western Historical Manuscripts Collection of the [[University of Missouri]] and are now available to the general public.

In 1967 when [[Major League Baseball]] owners approved the move of the [[Kansas City Athletics]] to [[Oakland, California]], he threatened legislation to revoke the league's antitrust exemption and vowed to support lawsuits challenging the legality of the [[reserve clause]]. Kansas City was awarded an expansion team, the [[Kansas City Royals]], which was scheduled to begin play in 1971. Symington, saying Kansas City should not wait, continued to threaten the league, and the team began play in 1969. An indirect consequence of this was that [[Sick's Stadium]] (the home of the other American League expansion team, the [[Seattle Pilots]]) was unable to be renovated in time for the season, its resulting poor quality being a leading reason for the team's bankruptcy and subsequent move to [[Milwaukee]] as the [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] after just one season.

Symington did not sign the 1956 [[Southern Manifesto]], and voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1957|Civil Rights Acts of 1957]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/s75|title=HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.|work=GovTrack.us}}</ref> [[Civil Rights Act of 1960|1960]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/s284|title=HR. 8601. PASSAGE OF AMENDED BILL.}}</ref> [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|1964]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s409|title=HR. 7152. PASSAGE.}}</ref> and [[Civil Rights Act of 1968|1968]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1968/s346|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN SALE OR RENTAL OF HOUSING, AND TO PROHIBIT RACIALLY MOTIVATED INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON EXERCISING HIS CIVIL RIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.}}</ref> as well as the [[Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/87-1962/s226|title=S.J. RES. 29. APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION BANNING THE POLL TAX AS PREREQUISITE FOR VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.|work=GovTrack.us}}</ref> the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/s78|title=TO PASS S. 1564, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965.}}</ref> and the confirmation of [[Thurgood Marshall]] to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/s176|title=CONFIRMATION OF NOMINATION OF THURGOOD MARSHALL, THE FIRST NEGRO APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT.|work=GovTrack.us}}</ref>