Evening star., 1950-09-23
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|terday requiring adjournmen
today. This was done to deprive
the small group of opponents o.
the opportunity to kill the Com.
munist control bill by keeping the
filibuster going, until IL O'Clock
tonight.
Congress now may remain as
long as necessary to settle the
issue.
Some of the opponents indi-
Gated this morning, however, that
the speeches against the Com
munist control bill might stop
around 2 pm. They said their
only purpose was to give the
country time to eract to the Pres
ident's veto message.
House Overrides Quickly.
The House had overridden Mr.
Truman's veto yesterday after
noon within a half hour aftel
hearing his message. The vots
was So more than the necessary
two-thirds majority. Senate lead.
ers are confident they have the
votes to do likewise.
The legislation, which Mr.. Tru'
man fired back to Congress urg'
ing most earnestly" that th'
lawmakers reconsider, covers
wide range of subjects. Its prin'
cipal provisions would require
Communists and Communication
organizations to register with the
Attorney General, and provide fol
internment of dangerous Reds in
time of war, invasion or insurrec-
ton.
The Presidents anticipated veto
message said the Communist con-
troll bill would be harmful to our
security and damaging to the in
dividual rights of our people"
His message was studded with
such words as "hysterical." "hasty
and ill-considered,' thought
control" "unworkable" and "in-
effective"
Douglas Takes Over From Langer
The President said the legisla-
tion would actually weaken oul
existing internal security measures
and would seriously hamper the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
and our other security agencies
He added that it would greatly
weaken our liberties and give aic
and comfort to those who woulo
destroy U.S."
Early this morning, Senator
Douglas. who took over after Mr.
Langer's collapse, tried to gel
unanimous consent for a vote at 4
o'clock this afternoon.
Senator McCarran, Democrat
of Nevada, chief sponsor of the
tough Communist control measure
objected.
Senator Douglas, who had taken
the floor at 6 am. talked until
7::30 am.
Douglas Sobs Audibly.
The tenSeness and strain in the
Senate was pointed up when Sena-
tor Douglas sobbed audibly as he
concluded his speech. He had
been making a detailed argument
against the bill and suddenly his
voice broke and, struggling to keep
control, he haltingly told his col
leagues:
I'm such imperfect wisdom as
have I will vote to uphold the
Presidents Veto"
Then he sat down wearily
talked for a moment to an aide
and then walked from the cham
ber.
Senator Murray, Democrat, o1
Montana next took the floor tt
speak against the bill. AS he
began Senator Wiley. Republican
of Wisconsin sought to find out
how many more speeches were
planned by the opposition.
Lehman Explains Stand.
The Wisconsin Republican point.
ed out that the official stenog.
raphers had been working in re.
lays since noon yesterday anc
were mot young men,"
Senator Murray advanced the
argument that the bill is unconsti-
tutional and unWorkable.
He was followed on the floor bJ
Senator Lehman, Democrat. o1
New York. .who said opponents o1
the measure felt that members
should be given time to study the
Presidents veto message carefully
There is no disposition" hi
said. "to unreasonably or unneces.
sarily delay or postpone a vote or
the veto beyond a reasonable time
this afternoon"
The monotony was broken mo-
mentarily when Senator Ferguson
Republican, of Michigan, a sup
porter of the rigid anti-subversive
bill, interrupted to say he thought
Mr.. Lehman was repeating g
speech he made two weeks ago.
Senator Lehman replied he il
an optimist and was repeating il
in the hope of eventually convinc-
ing the Senator from Michigan.
Until Senator Langer's collapse
the holdout against the interna
security bill lacked much of the
drama which usually accompanie!
a filibuster. Because the regular
chamber is being remodeled, tht
Senate is meeting in the ole
Supreme Court room. which ha
no public galleries. The Senators
therefore, have been talking onl,
to a scattered group of their col
leagues and a few sleepy re-
porters taking turns STANDING
watch.
There were signs early toda.
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