Evening star., 1950-09-23

theSda Naval Hospital after he
collapsed on the Senate floor at
the end of a f1ve-hour speech be-
gun about midnight. At the hos
pital his condition was described
as not critical.
Some of the Senators who held
the floor through the night said
this morning they probably would
stop talking by mid-afternoon,
explaining that their only purpose
was to give the country time to
react to President Truman's
strong veto message late yester-
day.
Shortly before noon hackers of
the anti-subversive bill turned
down a second offer from the op-
position to vote at pm. on the
veto message. Senator Kefauver
Democrat, of Tennessee proposed
the agreement, but Senator
O'Conor, Democrat, of Maryland
objected. This led observers to
believe those who want to over
ride the veto think they can get a
vote before that time.
The marathon session had
passed the 24-hour mark at II
am, with Senator Kefauver on
the floor. He asked the Senate to
take a few days, or at least the
afternoon, ito get the bugs out of
this legislation" He contended
that "our war of ideals will be
taking a tremendous loss" if the
bill is passed in its present form.
This was the same line other
opponents had taken.
Senate leaders are confident
they still have the votes to make
the bill a law over the veto. The
House overrode the President late
yesterday. 286 to 48, within half
an hour after hearing the veto
message.
Lucas Will Vote for Bill.
The bill passed the Senate
originally, 10 to 7, on September
IL. A week later the final draft
was sent to the White House by a
vote of 81 to 7.
Early this morning Majority
Leader Lucas announced he will
vote for the bill.
II dislike very much to override
the Presidents veto on a funda-
mental piece of legislation, but in
this instance I feel compelled to
do So" said Senator Lucas. He
agreed with Mr.. Truman that
there are flaws in the bill, but
added, st think the good features
outweigh the bad"
Plan May Be Carried Through.
On the other hand, two of the
small group waging the fight in
behalf Of the Truman veto did not
vote against passage Of the bill.
They are Senators Douglas, Demo-
crat, Of Illinois and Humphrey,
Democrat, of Minnesota.
If the Senate reaches a vote on
the veto message this afternoon,
Congress expects to go through
with its plans to adjourn tonight
for two months.
The dramatic collapse of Sena-
tor LANCER on the floor of the
Senate at daybreak failed to end
the all night f1libuster.
The tall, wiry North Dakota vet
eran of many long speeches, who
will be 64 next Saturday, fell un-
conscious in front of the Vice
Presidents dais at SIG am, after
having talked since midnight to a
half empty chamber.
Most of his colleagues 7ere
doing in nearby Offices.
Senator Stares Classify.
Just before Senator Langer'S
collapse, Senator Humphrey came
to his side and held a whispered
conversation.
Senator Saltonstall, Republican,
of Massachusetts, the deputy mi
nority leader, jumped to his feet
and raised a point of order that
Senator LANCER had ceased speak
ing and thereby had lost the floor.
Senator LANCER stared CLASSY
eyed at Senator Ellender, Demo-
crat, of Louisiana, the presiding
officer at the time. AS Senator
Ellender hesitated about a ruling,
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