Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01
COP. Wi||Fight
For Anti-PoII Tax
Vote This Week
Promises to Exhaust
Every Process to End
Senute FiIibuster.
By J. A. OLeov

Senate leaders announced last
night that they will try to break
the Southern filibuster against
the antipoll tax bill this week
while committees of both houses
lstruggle with the problem Of
controlling imitation.
Acting Senate Majority Leader
Wherry said I'VE will exhaust every
legislative process" in an effort to
get a vote on the first of the civil
rights bills-to abolish the poll tax.
Veteran Capitol Hill observers
conceded, however, that Senate rules
land the present parliamentary situa-
ton give the advantage to the
Southern Democrats fighting the
civil rights program, unless Con-
gress Is willing to remain in session
indefinitely.
Decision Due this Week.
Republican leaders are planning
to adjourn sometime between August
II, next Saturday. and August IA,
which means the fate Of the poll tax
bill will be decided one way or the
other this week.
Meanwhile. it was learned re-
liably that Senate Republican lead
ers expect to be guided largely by
the decision of the House Banking
Commute as to the nature of any
new powers that may be delegated
to President Truman to deal with
imitation.
The House also holds the decision
whether there will be any action
on the Senate-approved Taft-Ellen-
der-Wagner long-range housing bill
While the outlook for this bill APP
pears dim, there were intimations
yesterday that House leaders may
consider limited changes in exist
ing housing laws.
Home Builders Wire Dewey.
In this connection, the National
Association of Home Builders.
through it's executive vice president.
Frank w. Cortright, took the posi-
ton yesterday that the T. E. w.
bill would mean "a controlled econ
omy in housing" Mr.. Cortright
wired Gov. Dewey Of New York.
the Republican presidential NOM
inee, that the subsidized program
contained In the bill could not be
stopped short of Specialization of all
housing"
Congress also was urged yester-
day by the Peoples Lobby, through
its secretary, Benjamin c. Marsh.
to act on a program at this session
to end imitation.
As both the House and Senate
Banking Committees made plans to
continue with open hearings on the
price situation tomorrow, Senator
Capehart, Republican, Of Indiana,
said the public lust doesn't seem
to be interested in this problem
at least, If it is, 1t isn't taking the
usual methods of letting Congress
know about it."
Few Messages Received.
Senator Capehart, a member Of
the Banking Committee, said he
has received less than Is letters and
kilograms about the Presidents
proposals.
A different version came from
the Democratic National Committee,
which said in its weekly Capital
Comment" that many of the plain
people" have written and wired the
President and Democratic leaders.
Meanwhile, CLIO President Philip
Murray and Nathan Cowan, Go
legislative director, called on their
affiliates ito let Congress know that
America wants action on housing.
imitation, minimum wages, civil
rights"
Plan Cloture Petition.
Senator Wherry indicated that.
within a day or two. Republicans
will file a cloture petition to limit
debate on the poll tax issue.
Even before that happens, how
ever, Senator Johnston, Democrat,
of South Carolina may try TO get
action on his resolution for i'm
mediate adjournment Of Congress.
1See CONGRESS, Page A-5.)