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sought unanimous consent TO take
up the anti.pOll tax bill. Al the
time, Senator Warren q. MRRnus-
son, Democrat Of Washington, was
presiding. Senator William LANCER,
Republican Of North Dakota, had
the floor. Senator Morse was the
only other Senator in the cham
Der. All three are pro FEPC.
Asking Senator LANCER 10 yield,
Senator Morse requested unanimous
consent for the Senate TO take up
the FEPC bill. Democratic Secre-
taTy FELTON, NJ. Johnson spFinted for
the cl0akrOom, found Senator Err
nest W. Mcfarland, Democrat, Of
Arizona, and told him what was
up. Mcfarland rushed into the
chamber and suggested the absence
Of u quorum and then objected 10
Morse's request for unanimous con-
sent 10 take up the anti-poll tax
bill.
More recently, an hour or two
before the hour agreed upon unani-
mously by the Senate to vote on
the bill quitclaiminO 20 the states
all federal rights In the oil rich
tidelands, Senator Morse offered the
anti-pOll tax bill as an amendment
10 that measure.
After Senator Morse had rejected
all pleas TO withdraw the amend
ment, Majority Leader Alben W,
Barklev Of Kentucky, saved the
day for the poll-taxers by moving
to table IL. The Barley motion
carried. 81 TO %.
After the motion 10 table his
amendment was adopted, Senator
Morse made this prophetic state.
ment:
ANY agreement TO consider the
anti-poll tax bill at the end Of the
session will be worthless. | say that
because IL Is perfectly clear that
II the poll tax legislation is to be-
the last item reached on the cal.
endar there will be difficulty IL
keeping a quorum here.
II think II IL clear that the pro.
posal announced by the Senator
from Florida Claude PepperD anC
the Senator from Kentucky (Mr
Barkley) Is empty stratepv. II may
help the other side Of the aisle make
u political record on the issue but
II will never result In u vote or
the issue and | think the gentlemen
know II.
II gave the Democrats and thu
Republicans their chance to vot,
on It this afternoon and | am will
ing TO let the Record speak for ii
self"
Senator Richard Il. Russell, Dem
Ocrat, Of Georgia, Is responsible
for this bit Of information: A pol
tax Of three shillinRs n head wa
levied by the Colonial Assembly o
Georgia sometime between l7I3 an,
1850. In the reconstruction err
when most Of the members Of tn
Georgia legislature were cOloret
the state constitution was rewrit
ten. but the provision requiring
payment Of poll tax aS pre-
requisite to voting was retained Il
the new constitution.
The minimum wage bill was an
other measure bottled up In tn
House Rules Committee. II woui
have affected more than 100000
workers who receive less than 9
cents an hour in industry.
Under the net fixing the salarie
Of federal district judges, recent
passed. the salary Of Judge Hel
man T.. Moore Of the United State
Court for the Virgin Islands wi
be $4,000 n year. He's n Chicago
an.
Wilson Wyatt's veterans hou,
ing program calls for 100000
houses, 100000 Of them in 1914
The National Housing AgenC
boasts that II authorized $40 II
new houses and apartment uni
I from January Is through June 2
A nationwide survey by the Natiol
r al Association Of Homsbuilders di
. closed that less than 10 per &C,
, Of them have been completed.