Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-02

House passage this month 1
measure-described by most Re-
publicans and many Democrats
as moderate" and denounced by
Southern members as "evil"-are
considerably more worried than
last July when the House APP
proved such a bill. 279-126.
Their concern centers on par
liamentary procedure as well as
two proposed changes they fear
would nullify the bill II not kill
it on the House floor. Those are
the so-called jury-trial and
right-to-work amendment moves.
They are among more than 20
amendments ready to be rushed
into the battle by opponents Of
the bill.
Four Days Of Debate
Here Is the parliamentary pic
ture:
The bill comes up on the floor
under q rule permitting four
days Of general debate. followed
by opportunity for House mem
bers to offer amendments. DEM
ocratic Leader Mccormack has
scheduled q session next Satur-
day to assure completion Of gen.
eral debate this week.
Amendments generally are de.
bated under q f1ve-minute rule.
permitting each member to
speak that long on each specific
proposal or on suggested substi-
tutes to amendments. That could
require many hours If, as South.
ern sponsors Of amendments In
dictate, every opponent of the
bill wants to talk. A further
time-consumer is the device Of
speaking for i've minutes after
moving ito strike out the last
word"
Still another way Of dragging
out debate on amendments is to
insist on quorum calls If fewer
than 100 members are in the
chamber while the House OPP
crates as a committee Of the
whole House. A roll cali to es-
tablish a quorum takes about 20
minutes.
Unlike the Senate where q
full-scale filibuster can be
stopped only by invoking q clo-
ture vote Of "a Of 90 members,
however, the Speaker and the
floor leaders as wen as advocates
Of . bill have several fairly quick
remedies against stalling.
A group Of House members.
spearheaded by Democratic Rep
resentatives Mccarthy of Mimi
sota and Roosevelt Of California.
served notice they will use every
parliamentary weapon at their
disposal to bring the bill to a
finalvote after reasonable" con-
sideration.
Could Limit Discussion
Judiciary Committee Chair
man Celler, Democrat Of New
York, sponsor Of the pending
bill, and Representative Heating.
Republican Of New York, rank
ing minority member of that
committee which reported out
the measure more than two
months ago, also could move to
limit or cut OF debate on amend
ments at any time. They believe
they can count on a majority
vote to uphold such motions.
There is q possibility the right
to-work amendment will never
get OF the ground. Mr.. Celler
and others are likely to raise a
point Of order that 1t is not GER
name to the civil rights issue
A ruling by the presiding officer
could be upheld or reversed onI
q House vote.
The so-called right-to-workI
proposal would ban open and
closed shop agreements requiring
employees to join labor unions
after getting jobs or to belong
TO unions as a prerequisite for|
employment. Both sides in the
night over the civil rights bin
concede that such q rider would
cause many members to vote
against the bill and probably
defeat II.
The jury trial amendment IS
given q better chance. II was
beaten in the Judiciary Com
mittee by only two votes. Mr.
Cellar and others accuse its sup
porters Of putting IL I'D as alI
smoke screen and setting 10 on A \
highly doubtful constitutional
basis. But Southern spokesmen