Evening star., 1948-06-08

I law the Doll tax Is q C00QlCloQ 70
voting in Federal elections BY men,
bers Of the armed forces on active
duty.
The amendment, one Of seven
urged by Senator LANCER, Republic
can, of North Dakota, was written
in by q 37-to-35 vote. Senator Taft,
Republican, of Ohio entered the
draft bill debate for the f1rst time
to support this proposal. He said
| it would be Impractical" to collect
q poll tax from men serving over
seas.
Other Senators noted that q SINH
lar anti-poll tax provision was in
effect during the war and that
seven Southern poll tax States still
retain the wartime suspension OF
the tax so far as seryicemen are
concerned.
The amendment brought on sew
eral hours of oratory last night and
led Senator Lucas to accuse Re-
publicans of violating an under
standing" that all seven of the
LANCER proposals would be shelved.
Senator Taft retorted that he knew
of no such agreement.
Before quitting for the night, how
ever, the Senate almost took out the
anti-poll tax amendment. Repub-
lican leaders made a technical move
to reconsider the amendment and
then table the motion SO that the
amendment would be clinched. But
they lost, IS to IS. although the
present status of the amendment re-
mains unchanged.
Besides the Russell amendment
to prevent enforced racial mixing
of troops, others to be brought up
today include:
The proposal Of Senator Cape
hart, Republican, OF Indiana that
the start of actual drafting be left
up to the President and that in
any event it could not begin for 80
days after enactment. A similar
provision has been inserted in the
House the draft bill now before
the House Rules Committee.
Four amendments by Senator
Morse, Republican, OF Oregon, to
shorten the draft revival from five
to two years, reduce from five to
one year the period during which
drafteeswould serve, place osteo-
paths on the same basis as doctors
and dentists in the armed forces,
and establish a civilian commission
of three members to handle the
problem of conscientious objectors.
O'Daniel Asks Profits Tax.
An amendment by Senator
|ODaniel, Democrat, of Texas, to
prevent the draft from becoming
effective until enactment Of a law
putting 100 per cent tax on war
profits.
The pending bill would allow
drafting of men 10 through Is for
two years service. An amendment
adopted last Friday would permit
18-year- youths to volunteer for
years training.
The first vote on the LANCER
amendments came yesterday after
noon when the Senate, by a 67-to-7
vote, tabled a rider that would have
banned racial and religious segrega-
ton and discrimination in the
armed forces. The others, except
the anti-poll tax amendment, were
either tabled or defeated on voice
votes. They were designed to bar
discrimination against servicemen
while travelling or in restaurants,
theaters and similar places, or to
require fair employment practices
of firms supplying materials to the
armed forces.
Draft Has Right Of Way.
Senator Gurney urged that the
amendment be tabled because, he
said, civil rights legislation should
stand on Its own feet" Some Of
the Senator'S who voted 10 tAhie ex-
planned they favored civil rights
measures but wanted to assure
early passage Of the draft bill.
|, Senator Quincy and four other
Republicans, Senator's Hickenlooper
OF Iowa, Moore OF Oklahoma, Cain
of Washington and Robertson of
Wyoming, voted with 80 Democrats
against the anti-poll tax amend
ment. ...
Senators Pepper OF Florida, John
son of Colorado and Murray Of
Montana were the Democrats who
voted with II Republicans for the