St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-01-25

Taft, Republican, Of Ohio, may
present q petition to invoke cloture.
Taft presented such a petition dur
ing the filibuster against the APP
preparation item for the wartime
FEPC and, rather than permit a
vote on cloture, southern Demo-
Gratis agreed TO give the agency
$250,OO0.
After q three-hour Senate de-
bate last Friday on the motion Of
Senator John H. overton, Demo
crat, Of Louisiana, to include In
the proceedings Of last Thursday
the chaplain's prayer, Senator Dem
mis- Chavez, Democrat, Of New
Mexico, one of the proponents Of
the FEPC bill, announced:
"A bipartisan Senate group
supporting this bill decided that
since the Senate took It up by a
vote Of 20 to II, q small minority
Of the Senate could not be per-
mitted to hold up action. To do
so would he q trayesty on demo-
cratic processes.
This majority group will try to
hold the Senate In session con-
tinuously urtil the filibuster is
broken"
Opponents Of the bill also or
ganized last Friday 10 block action
on the bill.
At a conference Of southern Sem
ators, Senators Overton and Rich
ard B. Russell, Democrat, Of
Georgia, were chosen co-leaders Of
Southern Democrats. Senator
overtOn said about fifteen South
ern Senators attended the meeting.
The ilibuster last Friday was
set in motion by Senator overton.
As he customarily does, Majority
Leader Alben W. Barley, Of Ken
lucky, asked unanimous consent
that the journal Of the proceedings
Of last Thursday be approved with
out reading.
overton objected, insisting that
the journal be read in its entirety
for corrections. The clerk began
reading the journal at 1915. At
1926 p. m, Senator William Lang
err, Republican, Of North. Dakota,
moved that further reading of the
journal be suspended. Overton
again objected, and the clerk read
on.
John Crockett, s1-year-old clerk
Of the Senate, finished the reading
in an hour and half.
overton then offered a motion
TO amend the jorunal by including
the prayer delivered by the chap
lain on Thursday. Debate on this
motion consumed the remainder Of
the afternoon with overton hold
ing the floor and refusing to yield
except for questions.
In order to make an observation,
Senator Willard E. Tydings, Demo-
crat, Of Maryland, who voted YEA"
on the motion to take up the
FEPC bill, framed a 6-minute
statement in the form Of a series
of questions. His final question
was whether Overton thought II
possible to dispose Of the FEPC
bill, "even though it should be
debated for the next thirty dAys7"
THE answer is no." 0verton
replied.
During their cOlloquy, overtOn
complimented Tydings on the elO-
quence and clarity Of his interroga-
tories and said that he jokingly
asked Tydings when he heard him
vote yea" on the motion to take
up the bill:
ALIAS, Willard, has Maryland Sc
ceded from the COnfederacy?"
In reply to Senator Chavez in
sistence that the bill be voted on
after ample debate, Overton sd-
mitted that il the bill were put &c
vote, it would be passed.
It was disclosed that Senator
James o. Eastland, Democrat, Of
Mississippi, who began the fill
buster against the FEPC bill on
Thursday, had urged the passage
by the Mississippi legislature Of a
notification proclamation" II a
permanent FEPC is established.
In a telegram to Fielding Wright,
lieutenant governor and president
Of the Mississippi Senate, and Wal
ter Sillers, speaker Of the Missis-
sippi House Of Representatives,
Eastland said:
at 1.-THE FEPC bill) violates the
Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
TO the Constitution. Mississippi Is
sovereign state. May ! respect
fully recommend that II the Fair
Employment Practice bill Is
enacted into the law the Mississippi
Legislators protect the sovereignty
of Mississippi and the liberty and
freedom Of our people by the pas
sage Of a notification proclama-
ton"
The filibuster against the bill
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