St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-06-27

ocnabOE DeAb nasty retreaG
3 Degree from Louisiana Univer-
sity, told Ellender hluntly, that
he thought the people Of LOuisi-
ana were injuring themselves BY
not letting all the people regardless
Of race or religion, have the fullest
participation in the life Of the com
munity.
Senator ElIender, Democrat, Of
Louisiana, has been in training for
another filibuster - this time
against the Ives-C Chavez bill TO pro-
hibit race or religious discrimina-
ton in employment, II and when
that measure Is reported and
brought up for debate in the
Senate.
Using as a gymnasium and train
ing camp the Senate Labor and
Public Welfare subcommittee which
is holding hearings on that bin,
he has been working out three
times a week Wednesdays, Thurs
days and Fridays-fOr the past two
weeks getting his gums in shape
for a gum-beating session in which
he may establish new record.
His sparring partners are wit
nesses who appear before the COM
mittee IN favor Of the bill. He
lashes out at them, trying out on
them all the time-worn cliches that
southern demagogues have used
ever since tie Civil War 10 keep
the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments 70 the Fed
eral Constitution from really be-
coming operative in the South.
Ives ,Jabs Lightly
Occasionally Senator Irving N.
Ives, Republican, Of New York,
works out with him, jabbing back
at him effectively with singing re-
partee.
Senator BLENDERS OHtbuFst came
early daring the hearings last
Thursday morning, Disearding tie
chivAlry he has shown 70 other
women witnesses, he Iighted into
Mrs. Mildred II. Mahoney, chair
man Of the Massachusetts, Fair En.
ploymeRt Practice Commission.
At the time Senator Ellender en-
tered the hearing room, Mrs. Ma
honey was telling Senator Ives
about the effectiveness Of the Mas
sachusetts FEPC in eliminating
race or religions discrimination
through the processes Of confer
ence, Cancellation and persuasion.
"You folks are trying TO give Us
advice on a situation you have
never seen, or lived with or know
anything about except what you
have read ABOUT Il or what some
propaganda has told YOU" SenS-
tor Ellender blurted out after one
or two preliminary questions.
II challenge you or anybody else
to go down south in the plants we
have and in the suger mills and
find the discrimination you hear
about" he said.
Senator EIlender tried TO get
from Mrs. Mahoney an expression
Of her views on whether the Fair
Employment Practice Commission
President Roosevelt created by ex-
ecutive order was right in direct
ing the abolition Of race segrega-
ton in toilets in a Maryland plant
and in production In a st. Louis
ordnance plant.
But Mrs. Mahoney did not feel
competent to discuss how any COM
mission other than the Massaehu-
sets FEPC conducted its work.
She stated, however, that she be-
lieved people should be treated as
human beings and that she did
not believe in segregation. More
over, TO Senator BLENDERS amaze
ment she told him she had eolored
friends, she invited them to her
home and sat down with them at
the dinner table.
when you try to impose your
views on US it's like Russia try
ing TO impose her views on US"
Senator Ellender declared. I'm
going to fght IT,"
That brought Senator Ives into
the fight. He pointed out that the
Ives Chavez bill differed in its ma
chinery from that Of the wartime
FEPC in that its provisions made
mandatory conference, Cancellation
and mediation in the settlement Of
complaints Of discrimination.
But Senator Ellender stuck to his
guns, declaring that the bill, the
anti-poll tax bill and the anti
lynching bill were all directed
against the South.
ElIender Backs Up From
Humphrey
The next witness punched little
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