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seem fairly safe at the outset:
/. 1t will have to get throl
the difficulty anticipated in
getting any civil rights meas
ure through the Senate Jul
dietary Committee.
2. 1t probably will have to
be moderate in scope to avoid
a Senate filibuster.
House Republican Leader
Halleck of Indiana said yester-
day he would like to see the
House judiciary Committee
bring out the Eisenhower ad-
ministration's seven-point pro-
gram, which he said is mot
destructive or punitive"
Variety Of Bills
In both Houses there are a
variety of other bills. They
range from the proposal Of
liberals to use Federal power
to bring about school integra-
ton in all States and enforce
all other civil rights, to the
Cancellation plan sponsored BY
Senate Democratic Leader
johnson of Texas, patterned
after the Cancellation machin-I
cry used in labor disputes.
In 1857 Congress succeeded
in passing the first civil rights
bill in many years only be-
cause the Senate bypassed its
own committee and took up
directly a bill which had come
to 1t from the House. That bill
dealt largely with protection
of voting rights. and created a
commission to hear complaints
on violations Of other civil
rights.
Some liberals have suggested
this same course of bypaSsing
the Senate committee may be
relied on again, and one
Southern member Of Congress
said he expects this to be the
strategy of the supporters Of
civil rights legislation.
Informed sources believe the
House subcommittee. which
conducted recent hearings, will
agree on a new bill without
much delay, but that the task
may not be as easy in the full
House committee. The process
of compromise may have to
start there, since any bill the
committee reports must run
the gauntlet Of the House rules
committee before it reaches the
floor.
JOhnSOn's List
Senate Democratic Leader
johnson has included "a rea-
sonable civil rights measure" in
the list of subjects he believes
will be acted on before this ses-
sion ends.
Both the administration pro-
gram and the johnson bill in
clude an extension of the life
of the Civil Rights Commission,
which expires this fall. One
Southern Senator said yester-
day a bill confined to extending
the commission probably could
pass without much trouble, but
that any further broadening Of
the 1857 law will lead to pro-
tracted debate.
The liberals are not expected
to be satisfied with the admins
tration program, and a ma
jority in both houses probably
will want to go further than a
mere extension of the Civil
Rights Commission.
The administration plan COW
ers these points: A stronger
law to deal with use of force
or threats to block court or
ders in school deSegregation
cases: additional authority for
the FBI to investigate bomb
ings of schools or churches;
additional power for the At
torney General to inspect Fed
eral election records; a tenn
porary program of financial
aid to State and local agencies
in adjusting to school desegre-
CATION decisions: temporary
provision for educating the
children of members Of the
armed forces when State public
schools are closed; creation of
a commission on equal job OPP
portunity under Government
contracts. and extension OF the
Civil Rights Commission.