St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-06-09
HUMPHREY ON FEPC
Continued From June q

Mr.. LUCAS. Mr.. President, win
the Senator yield for an observa-
ton?
Mr.. HUMPHREY. The Senator
is glad to yield.
Mr.. LUCAS. I want to say that
the Senator from Illinois is going
to be very flexible in his con-
science as to when rule XIX is vo-
lated.
Mr.. HOLLAND. Mr.. President,
will the Senator yield?
Mr.. HUMPHREY. The Senator
from Minnesota will not yield at
this time.
Mr.. HOLLAND. The Senator
was fair enough to yield to one of
his cohorts. viii he not yield to
one who does not see the question
exactly as he does?
Mr.. HUMPHREY. The Senator
from Minnesota wants to be fair,
so he suggests that the Senator
from Florida proceed.
Mr.. HOLLAND. Mr.. President,
want to say that 1 have no dis
position to enforce the rule. re-
call that yesterday afternoon the
distinguished Senator saw fit to
use the word "blasphemy" as ap-
piled to the Senator from Florida,
the senior Senator from Georgia,
and perhaps the junior Senator
from Georgia, but no effort to in
woke the rule was made. But 1 in
vite the attention of the Senator
from Minnesota to the fact that
we should much prefer to have
him cease the use of such terms
and extravagant expressions,
which certainly have no relation
to the debate, and which certainly
are imputing to Senators who do
not feel as he does things which
are not imputed in the course of
ordinary, decent parliamentary
discussion.
Mr.. HUMPHREY. 1 am de-
lighted to have the Senator's OBJ
servation, because l am sure when
it comes to speaking with exag-
geration there are many exag-
gerations throughout the country
in reference to unemployment
practice legislation. But the Sen
ator from Minnesota is sticking
to the facts. My position is that
in this debate there has been gross
misrepresentation, and there have
been beclouding and befogging of
the issues. There has been a prac-
tice of political and parliament
tary trickery. Whether the rule is
violated or not, that is my posi-
ton, and l shall enunciate it on
the Senate floor whenever l have
an opportunity. The attempt to
smear this proposed legislation by
such terms as Communism, SOC
ialism," and "un-Americanism" is
an attempt to defraud the Ameri-
can people.
Mr. LUCAS. Mr.. President, will
The Senator yield?
Mr.. Humphrey. I yield
Mr.. LUCAS. l am not much in
terested in protecting the Senator
from Minnesota. He can protect
himself
Mr.. RUSSELL. He has done
that.
Mr.. LUCAS. I am interested in
the rule which applies. maintain
that the rule is not in keeping
with the best practices of the
United States Senate. l maintain
that when one Senator can cause
another Senator to take his seat
by simply calling him to order
under rule XIX, as the Vice Presi-
dent said a few days ago, even
while he is saying the Lords
Prayer maintain that a rule
which permits one Senator to dis
cipline another Senator under such
circumstances is absolutely wrong
and is not in keeping with the
best parliamentary practices of a
great deliberative body of this
kind. It is very easy to call
Senator to order and require him
to take his seat. 1t can be done
without any rhyme or reason, per-
haps. 1 mentioned it awhile ago
more or less as a matter of pro-
lection for myself in the future.
The PRESIDING OFFICER.
The Chair will state that, although
the Chair does not completely dis
agree with the Interpretation of
the rule as laid down by the dis
tinguished Vice President a short
time ago, TO the effect that Sem
ator could be made to take his
seat even though he had not said
anything violative of the rule, IL is
the opinion of the present occu-
pant of the chair that the rule Of
the Senate has been considerably
violated in the debate today. The
Senator from Texas was correct In
raising the point Of order, because
there had certainly been an unfair
reflection cast upon the action Of
certain Senators.
Mr.. NEELY. Mr.. President, a
parliamentary inquiry.
Mr.. HUMPHREY. yield only
for a parliamentary inquiry, Mr..
President.
The PRESIDING OFFICER
The Senator from West Virginia
will state his parliamentary in