Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
D. c. Leaders
Press Fight for
Capital as Site


Ak a single site for a worlds
fair in 1864.
Washington leaders, mean
while were conducting a rear
guard action to protect WASH
Ington as host to the lnterna-
tional exposition, repeatedly
with considerable success.
Almost majority of Sena-
tors are reported to have signed
a statement supporting the Ma
ions Capital as the most ap-
propriate site.
Filibuster Threatened
The threatened filibuster by
Republican Senators Javits and
Heating of New York tied up
Senate business for nearly two
hours on adjournment night.
Senator Javits insisted that
a resolution sponsored by Sen
ator Fulbright, Democrat of
Arkansas, was a stop New
York move" 1t would paralyze
fair plans with red tape and
eliminate New York City by
limiting the fair to one site,
ne maintained.
After he had talked for As
minutes, Senator Fulbright de-
manded:
Does the Senator intend to
talk this resolution to death?
Is this the beginning of a fill
ouster?"
Senator Javits said he would
address himself to the issue so
long as he felt necessary to
explain its implications.
Substitute Ready
1.-THE Senators from New
York cannot and will not be
inundated by charges that
they will bear the responsibility
for killing a worlds fair reso-
luton" he said.
The New Workers were ready
with a substitute asking the
President to encourage United
States cities to make timely
qualification for a worlds fair"
as required by the Bureau for
the International Exposition in
Paris.
Senator Heating said he rec
ognized that the Fulbright
resolution supported by the
State Department was an adj
ministration measure.
AT the same time, I am not
unmindful that in past sessions
bills had to be laid aside because
certain Senators planned to
talk IN extenSo," he added.
Talk became tangled in a
parliamentary dispute over
Senator Javits' rights to the
floor. When a reading of the
Record showed Senator Javits
still in control of debate, Ma
jority Leader johnson laid aside
the fair resolution and mo-
toned up bills that stood
chance of passage.
Press Disappointed
Washington Board of Trade
Director William Press was a
gallery spectator. Afterwards,
he said it was regrettable that
two Senators from New York
could tie up the action of the
Senate.
Our canvass has indicated
that had the Fulbright resolu-
ton come to a vote, it would
have been passed by an over
Whelming majority. perhaps
with only two votes against it."
he said.
He added he was gratified,
however, by the large number
OF Senators who have indicated
they think holding the fair IN
Washington would be in the
best interests of the country.
Senate supporters of Wash
ington were not revealed.
1t was understood that close
to so Senators had pledged
themselves through the day to
this language:
I'VE believe that, precisely
because of the United States
role in today'S world, it would
be most appropriate to hold
such an exposition in our Ma
tons Capital.
Symbolic Of Freedom
Washington is not only a
city of great natural and ar
chitectural beauty and historic
interest, but it is today more
than ever a free world capital
OF symbolic Importance in the
struggle for freedom and peace.
1T is also the national focal
point of all the American peo-
pie, the appropriate site for a
great event that will call forth
the support and participation
of citizens and organizations
from all parts of the Nation.
Millions of people on all
continents will visit this Ma
tional Capital where so many
great deeds for human free
dom have been performed,
where the documents of Amer
lean freedom are enshrined
and where much of mans hope
dares find expression.
Senator Beall, Republican
of Maryland, took issue with
Senator JavitS on the floor,
but insisted that he was not
pro-WaShington or anti-New
York. He said he simply
wanted to protect any citys
right to be the worlds fair site.