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votes for cloture. All you need
20 do is to get the Democrats TO
deliver &c of their so votes" How
ever, he agreed to take up the
issue of revision Of the rules with
the committee.
The Nebraska senator denied
that there was any IDEAL" be-
tween the Republicans and Dixie
Gratis. He said that the activities
of Senator Karl E. Mundt of South
Dakota in proposing a merger of
the COP. and Dixiecrats was
merely his own idea to which as
an Individual he is entitled" Con-
gresham Martin expressed the
opinion that such activities were
futile as the Dixiecrats "want to
run the Democratic partyg'
Democrat Hopes For Action
Senator Mcfarland reiterated
his views in support of unlimited
debate in the Senate. He ex-
pressed the hope that the Congress
treasure this session. The Demo-
cratic leader suggested that a
committee of the conference get
together with him and Democratic
senators who support civil rights
for further discussions on ways
and means of getting congress
siOnal action.
Questioned about his failure to
include civil rights in the calendar
of must" legislation which he an
nounced this week, Senator Nc
Farland said the calendar was not
meant to be complete but merely
to indicate legislation which he
thought should be passed before
the Congress recessed.
Unlike Senator Wherry, the Ari-
IONA Democrat was unable to state
how many votes his party could
deliver for cloture. Nor would he
make commitment, when Qlles-
toned by Mr. White, on holding
around the clock sessions to break
the inevitable filibuster against
revision of the Senate rules.
i Walter White Charges Surrender
In an opening statement, Walter
White, NAACP executive secre-
tary, charged that the Presidents
cessation of active support for
civil rights legislation and his APP
pointment of men like Willard F.
Caldwell as Federal Civil Defense
Administrator and Robert Rams
peck as chairman of the Civil Ser
vice Commission can only be in
terpreted as surrender on this
issue"
Recalling that "in the final
analysis it was the vote of racial
and religious minorities and or
ganized labor which elected Mr.
Truman" Mr. White said that the
Democrats. must be told bluntly
and without equivocation that had
it not been for Truman's stand on
civil rights they would not today
De Ine majority party.
Text of Statement
The full text of the statement
issued by the conference follows:
'For the past two days, we, the
representatives of thirty-one dem
ocratically constituted organiza-
lions representing more than %
millions of loyal Americans, have
met to examine the status of the
rights of minorities and the re-
forms which three and half years
ago the Presidents Committee on
Civil Rights said required action
then.
"Since that time there has been
no congressional action on this
/ program and very little executive
augmentation.
"This inaction by the Congress
on the repeated recommendations
of the President stems from the
cynical responsibility of both po-
litical parties and the open opera
ton of a recationary bipartisan
coalition whose response is to the
forces of bigotry and special priv
ilege.
eve renew the request that has
been made so often to President
Truman since the Communist at
tack on South Korea, that he issue
an executive order establishing an
FEPC in defense employment, and
that he obtain the same integra-
ton in the Army that is being es-
tablished in the Air Corps, Navy,
Marine Corps, Coast Guard, in vet
Grams hospitals and in military
cemeteries around the world.
1--WE call upon the Congress tc
assume its responsibility to the
American people through enact
ment of urgently needed legisla-
ton upholding the basic rights of
all the people. To this end we
have urged upon the leadership
of both parties the following min
imum program.
List Three Demands
q. Revision of the Senate rule
on cloture to facilitate breaking of
filibusters. We have asked for
open hearings on resolutions pro-
viding for this change as intro
duced by Senators Lehman, Lodge,