St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-07-12

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This intelligence as 10 their
planning answers the question
which has plagued street CONVEX
sation this week on the current
Senate debate as to the absence
Of participation Of northern
Democrats in the floor debate on
the Knowland motion to make the
civil rights bill pending business.
Pro-civil rights Republican sena-
tors are also keeping real quiet
at this time
The test may be Friday when
the vote on the motion may be
had. n the motion wins, then
the round the clock sessions are
expected 10 start.
From then on the northern
Democrats and their office staffs
will practically live in the capital
building, because this is one time
the Yankees plan to do battle.
In the past the Woodworking,
smart and clever southerners with
years Of seniority and experience
in the senate, have out-worked,
out-maneuvered the Democratic
northern liberals who until this
year have had no help from the
northern Republicans.
The eighteen senators who met
with the group are understood to
have pledges Of other support
from border state senator's and at
least one southern senator.
However the definite lineup in
cludes, Senator Paul Douglas, Ill.
Hubert Humphrey Minnesota;
John Pastore, r. L.; Frank
Church, Idaho; John A. Carroll,
Colo; Richard L. Neuberger, Ore
gon; Stuart Symington, Mo; Mat
thew Nicely, Of West Virginia who
Is confined to a hospital but plans
to be transported to the Senate
floor on a stretcher in event his
vote is required in a crucial test
Of strength,
And Senators Pat Mcnamara,
Mich, Joseph Kennedy, Mass.
James Murray, Montana: Wayne
Morse Of oregon; James Clark,
Pennsylvania; Henry NJ. Jack
son, Wash; Warren c.. Magnuson,
Wash; Theodore Francis Green,
n. l.: Clinton Anderson, New
Mex; and Thomas C. Hennings,
Mo.
Thye Says It's Up To Non
Southern Bloc Senators
In letter TO John NJ Culver of
the Ramsey County Republican
Civil Rights Committee, Senator
Edward Thye rep, Mimi said
Of the civil rights fight this week
we who are working for the
enactment 90" for civil rights leg
islation were very encouraged by
the very decisive 2s6 to 126 sup
port which the civil rights bill re-
ceived in the House of Represen-
tatives.
The House vote Indicated that
the majority OF the state delega-
tons from "a Of the states voted
in favor OF the civil rights bill. II
the Senators from these "a states
were to support the bill here in
the Senate. then we would have
81 votes, or enough to block
filibuster move.
ut was a great triumph for
the cause OF Civil rights when
we In the Senate succeeded In
having the House. passed bill
put directly ON the Senate cal
endar without reference 20 the
Senate Judiciary Committee.
In the last analysis, said Sena-
tor Thye." our success viii de-
pend on the extent to which non
southern bloc senators vote their
honest convictions in support OF
protection for the constitutional
rights of all OF our citizens"
In the meantime, President
Eisenhowers evident unfamiliar
ity with the bill and his fumbling
concerning the measure at press
conferences has not helped sup
porters in the fight to pass mean
ingful civil rights legislation.
Meanwhile sixteen million Ne
groes are watching closely.
Watching TO see II the civil rights
proponents and the political align
ments they represent are really
out to pass measures that would
protect the right to vote in GER
tain states or whether all OF the
noise and argument is really
sham battle, resigned to fool
those who have been continually
dtsadvantsged by the South's
blatant denial Of basic constitu-
tona rights.
Also watching the scene Is
Russia, the chief opponent OF
the U. :. In the world struggle
between the communistic and
democratic forms OF govern.
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II the South successfully turns
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