Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-06-02

Iebteruay ON me uoor or the
Senate I pointed out that the bin
for the National Science Founda-
ton, q bill Of great import to the
future Of the Nation, was passed
without even q yea-and-nay vote
in the United States Senate, yet
there were no hearings In the
Eighty-first Congress. The bill en-
titled Federal Aid 10 Education, !"
a highly controversial piece Of
legislation, one which has provok-
ed great storm Of criticism In
America, was passed by the
United States Senate without any
hearings In the Eighty-first Con-
gress. l did not hear any Senator
rise on the floor of the Senate to
say Where are the hearings 2"
As a matter Of fact members Of
both political parties, in commit
tee and out Of committee, said
that in the previous hearings of
the Eightieth Congress, and In
other Congresses. we had all the
testimony that was possible to get.
Mr.. LUCAS. Mr.. President, win
the Senator yield?
Mr.. HUMPHREY. must say
l want TO yield to the majority
leader, but said at the beginning
that ! was not going to yield, and
desire to be fair.
We passed q school health ser
vices bill providing direct Federal
assistance 10 every school child In
America, and not minute was
spent In hearings on the bill, yet
It was passed unanimously with
less than 10 minutes Of considera-
ton on the floor Of the United
States Senate.
This great hue and cry about the
lack Of hearings In q convenient
argument. We have hearings
when we need them. We have had
hearings galore upon FEPC legis-
lation with thousands upon thou
sands Of pages OF testimony. When
we see that there II no need Of fur
Their hearings, because the testi-
mony Is In and the record II there
for all men TO read. II has been
the policy of the United States
Senate to proceed with the legis-
lation. ] submit that Il III be-
hoOves those who voted for
Federal aid to education who
voted for the school health SER
vices bill. all without any hear
ings in the Eighty-first Congress
and the school health services
bill did not even have any hearings
in the Eightieth Congress, the
Seventy-ninth, the Seventy-eighth,
or the Seventy-seventh--it III be-
hooves those Senators to rise In
righteous indignation and say,
This La q momentous piece Of
legialatIon. We cannot consider
FEPC without hearings In the
Senate" We have had hearings far
beyond any need for further
hearings.
Let Us take the committee re-
port now. Had this report been
filed last year. the present debate
would still be held. the present
threat Of unlimited debate would
still face us, and the opponents Of
this legislation would not be one
whit happier about the bill. No
matter what kind Of report might
have been made, the opposition TO
this bill would be exactly a. II II
at this moment report or no re-
port. So I say that the talk about,
Where are tho hearings? How
come the report was 30 later" has
nothing 70 do with the issue. But
I may also point out that anyone
who wanted TO be heard on the 10
sue OF fair employment practices
before q congressional committee,
could have been heard No re-
quests to be heard were made by
individual Members OF the Senate
to the House Of Representative
when the hearings were held by q
committee Of that, body nor were
any such requests made to the
Senate committee.
Mr.. President I make further
plea Let N put aside partisan
ship. II there h any In this debate.
I hape there h none. because both
political parties have made q
solemn commitment to the Ameri-
can people On this issue. Ny
friends from the Southern States
did not make that commitment.
They are acting In good faith.
But I submit that those Of " who
did make the commitment In the
Democratic platform and those On
the opposite side Of the aisle who
made it In the Republican plat
form had better come through.
We had made q solemn promise to
the American people.
Now, let IN face the facts: let
M realize the need; Lot W under
stand that our very security a. Q
nation h involved IN this proposed
legislation. To pass this bah 10 to
bridge the gap between our pro-
testations and our practice Of
democracy. The passage Of this
bin would strengthen the hands
Of the United States In foreign
affairs and raise our prestige