St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-01-30
Humphrey And Douglas Renew Civil
Rights Battle

On yesterday Thursday Januay % of this week
civil rights bill placed in the US Senate hopper by Senators
Hubert H. Humphrey Minnesota Democrat and Senator Paul
Douglas Illinois Democrat.
The bill as outlined in a conversation with this newspaper
Senator Humphreys office Monday places congressional
support behind Supreme Court decisions school in
tegraon and the right of the ballot This is important need
this moment of open defiance of the Federal Courts
1t provides for the support which the executive branch of
the apparently needs obtain compliance with
orders school desgregaon 1t acknowledges the prob
lem posed by which resist the order by providing
and the help of the us attorney
school boards who obey the school Indignation rulings
The Humphrey Douglas measure would Title
the original Civil Rights bill of 1857 which allowed the US
attorney entertain complaints filed by individuals who
civil rights had been violated voting any
the denials of citizenship rights.
This the section eliminated with the and coopera
ton of southern Democrats Democrats like
Frank Church. presidential apirants like Senators Estes Ke
of Tennessee and John Kennedy of Massachusetts,
Subsequent experiences of the US Civil Rights Commits
sion its attempt investigate voting registration violations
in the state of Alabama proved how important Section III would
have been the carrying out of the work of the commission
1t is presumed that the attempt write meaningfu
civil rights legislation designed strengthen the present
will have bipartisan support Eisenhower his
State of the Union asked for additional legislation plus
Senator Lyndon JohnsOn grandand civil rights proposals of
last the civil rights Senate Republican
Senators joined with Humphrey and Douglas led by majority
leader William KnOwand who with eye the Negro
in California finally joined for real civil rights campaign
This finally produced the " civil rights legislation in so years
which while watered down better than nothing and broke
for brief moment the longtime coalition of northern Repub
lcanS and southern Democrats
From this distance chances for the passage of the
which Senators Humphrey and Douglas introduced yesterday
do appear particularly bright This reaction despite
Senator Humphreys optimistic prediction this paper that
civil rights Legislation will be passed in this
Humphreys position and beliefs may have been heightened
by the fact that the clever manpuato the Democratic majority
leader from Texas Senator Lyndon Johnson has his
civil rights program proposals which Senator Kenneth B.
Heating, n. Y Republican calls, "A deusiOn and snare
Humphrey and Douglas appear determined press for
good sound civil rights legislation and let the chips fall where
they If they get enough public support behind their
proposals and help from Senate liberals both sides
chamber they force showdown the Douglas charge
that the Lyndon johnson rules change strong enough
nvada the fbuser tactics employed long defeat
legislation that could have been defeated any other
In the meantime it behOOves every lover of this
ry do his individual Bit to bring pressure bear
additional civil rights legislation with enough teeth get
pance with the law individuals may help by writing all of
US in the Congress- all of the Representatives
securing similar support from their unions their trade
tons their civic clubs and all organized groups who
us to advance rapidly towards the ulfimen the
democratic ideals for which this republic supposed stand