Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-17
Force on Indignation
Opposed by President

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must move forward along with
education and understanding
on the subject.
Nearly all of the Presidents
comments related to the con-
troversial Part Three of the
bill. which Southerners charge
is designed to enable Mr..
Brownell to compel the South
to accept racial integration by
use Of the armed forces if
necessary.
Would Omit Part Three
The first amendment, now
pending in the Senate, would
strike Part Three entirely and
conf1ne the bill to the protec-
ton of voting rights.
AS the press conference
opened, a reporter asked the
President If, now that he has
talked with Mr.. Brownell, he
is aware he has the power to
use military force to bring
about school indignation.
Mr.. Eisenhower said lawyers
have differed on the subject
but he has been informed such
power does exist under present
statutes. But he hastened to
add that he cannot imagine
any set of circumstances that
would prompt him to order
troops into a courthouse or a
community to enforce the
school decisions because he is
satisfied the common sense of
the American people will never
require it.
He said that power may exist
already, but he certainly is not
seeking any additional author
ity in that direction.
Senate Republican Leader
Knowland said later he still
hopes the Senate will not elimi-
nate completely Part II of the
bill. under which the Attorney
General could on his own mo-
ton, without the consent of
local citizens, seek injunctions
to enforce. indignation decisions.
Mr.. Eisenhower has said he
would not want the Attorney
General to rule on his own
motion, but when the same
question was put to Senator
Knowland he said he is not
prepared to answer it.
The Presidents position could
be met by a change in Part III
without eliminating it, but
Senator Knowland said no one
has asked him to prepare such
a compromise.
The Republican leader did
indicate. however, he might be
willing to repeal the old Re-
construction Law permitting
the President to use the Armed
Forces to protect civil rights
II Southerners are still con-
cerned about that.
Tied IN Old StatuteS
The pending bill. authorizing
injunctions, is tied to the old
statutes governing use of
troops.
Certainly I am not in favor
OF sending the Navy up the Mis-
sissippi," Senator Knowland
said. i
The vote to place the adj
ministration measure before
the Senate marked the most
advanced stage a civil rights
bill has reached in eleven
years. The prospects for pas
sage are brighter than they
have been for half a century,
In this field of legislation.
The coalition of Republicans
and Northern Democrats sup /,
porting the bill quickly won
second victory by defeating. |
81 to IS. the motion of Senator |
Morse. Democrat of Oregon, to
send the bill to the Judiciary
Committee for Z days of study. |
Tension mounted just before
the vote when Senator Byrd,
Democrat of Virginia. and Re-
publican Senator Knowland
clashed verbally over Earl War
ren's record as Chief Justice of /
the United States.
Clash on Conspiracy"
Senator Knowland said the
Virginian had implied that
Justice Warren entered into a
conspiracy with the NAACP
and the ADA to prepare the
bill and pass it on to the
Justice Department. (.
Senator Byrd denied he had
said anything about a con-
spiracy.
Il say the Chief Justice
knows something about this 1
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