The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-11-25
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Washington. Nov n Speaker
Sam Rayb,un and Majority Lead
ei Lyndon johnson. oi the House
ana Senate maloriIles. are concen-
trailing Oh avoiding split IN the
senior major party N the next
two years For johnson. il might in
volva his changes to BE- nominate
at the Democratic convention III
1860
Rayburn is repeatedly doing what
he can for his younger Texas con
gressional colleague, but there
are some tough obstacles in job
sons path First, he must avoid a
bitter and permanent split between
the Dixie conservatives and the
leftwing elements In the party.
The first full-scale battle will be
gin January 18th when a motion
will be made to adopt rules for
the upper legislative body. 7 G
forces which would change rule %
blame IL for many evils. Those de
Tending il tSoutherners usually
say ii Is good rule. II requires
the vote Of two thirds Of the mem
bers OF the Senate to shut of de
bate.
johnson will try to compromise
the issue. as always He Is said 70
be willing to change the rule to
two thirds Of those Senators pres
ent That is II thirty Senators were
present tand often there are only
half dozen present.. twenty
could vote cloture limiting fur
Their debate.
| Opponents Of rule % want ma
jority cloture and conservatives be-
lieve the present rule is safe
guard for minorities. which-they
point ont has seldom been used
OF ponents Of the rule admit that
the Dixie bloc did not resort to a
fillbuster even when the Senate
last year passed a civil rights bill
but they say the threat Of fill
buster exerts a bad influence
johnson Will seek to have the
Senate construed as a continuing
body" rather a new body. though
he will be willing TO compromise
on the rule If he can sweet talk
the genuine conservatives into ac-
| ccptinR another retreat as he did
IN the Smith bill and civil rights
bill. etc. it Will enhance his rep
utation with the lcftwinRcrs. or II
terals If yon prefer
On the House side Same Rayburn
| Is said to be ready 10 curb some
of the powers Of the Rules Com
mittee. headed BY Rep Howard
Smith DIVA j Moreover. he might
be agreeable TO adding another
committee which would be a bad
precedent but which would give the
House Ways and Means Commit
tee some help in the job Of plac-
ing newly-clccted members Of the
lower body on committee
Adlai Stevenson Again.
Meanwhile. outside Congress-, Ad
lai Stevenson has managed tc
keep his chances alive. His tom
through Russia and the articles II.
has written on this experience have
! apparently qualified him as some
thing Of Russian expert and have
kept him in the public eye. The
line" from Stevenson sources Is
that he viii be the perfect com
promise" candidate who could pre-
vent a split IN the South.
His popularity in the South how
ever. may be al an all-tme low
and conservatives from the South
do not look upon him as a com
promise candidate but the darling
Of the leftWingers.
Nixon's Chance
Richard Nixon may be swinglng
slightly to the right. IN his efforI
t. hold off the quiet and unan
nounced challenge of Mel or
Rockefeller Of New York. He viii
need the support Of the old Taft
element in the 1860 convention
having lost even his own home dis
trict in the recent elections.
Some say Nixon must make some
dramatic comeback move in the
next two something he
had done before if he is to stay
ahead Of Rocky"