St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-03-11

Saders' and Statesmen" making
a valiant stand as some southern
papers claimed, Sen. Richard Rus
sell of Georgia, leader, and other
filibustering southerners were be-
ing called "obstructionists" and
"foolhardy".
Perhaps the most damaging re-
suit of the whole demonstration
is that the thousands Of insulting,
kbelous and irrational references
being made about Negroes are go
ing into the Congressional Record
where scholars in years to come
can refer to them and recall how
Incorporate and ignorant were
many Of our lawmakers.
In addition the whole show is
costing taxpayers an additional
$3.50 per day.
The package" civil rights bill
before the Senate to which more
than 100 amendments have been
offered, is sponsored by Sen. Ever
EFT Dirksen Of Illinois at the re-
quest Of the administration.
1t provides for protection of Ne
gro voting rights in the south by
the judicial appointment Of federal
referees to supervise registration
and ballotting
Democratic Sen. Paul Douglas
of Illinois said this provision was
weak because it put the burden
on an individual, deprived of his
voting rights, to go thru a lengthy
judicial process before he could
obtain the right to vote. Mean
while, the election could be over.
Teeth" In Dirksen Bin
The Dirksen bill also provides
criminal penalties for persons in
terfering with court-ordered school
in grafton programs; makes
bombings of churches and schools
a federal crime; stamps congress
sional approval on the 1854 Su-
preme court decision in the school
segregation cases; provides federal
assistance to communities under
taking school Indignation, and
gives statutory authority to a
Presidential committee for Great
ing equal job opportunities.
Douglas found fault with most
of these provisions, calling them
full of loopholes. He said his group
was working out package" bill
of its own, stronger than any now
pending
Organized Into Three Shifts
Senator Russell, leader Of the
opposition forces, has organized
the IS hard core Southerners into
roughly three shifts.
Six Southerners are assigned to
every "a hour period. Each is ex-
pected to do at least four hours Of
talking. This would mean that each
southern shift works one long day
and rests for two days
When off duty the Dixie boys all
would tuck themselves into some
hideaway and refuse to crawl out
even for a quorum call. With this
procedure there's no way Of know
ing how long they can hold out.
They are far more rested than
the civil rights proponents who
are sleeping around in cots and on
couches, anywhere they can catch
a few winks-
Someone called to the Senate's
attention an old and seldom used
law which gives the Sergeant-at-
Arms authority to bring in absent
Senators on a quorum call when
a sufficient number cannot be
TT Might Be Fun
This caused someone to remark
that it might be fun to see Ser
geant-at-Arms Duke going into
the bedroom of Senator Margaret
Chase Smith, the only woman Sen
ator, pulling her out Of bed and
throwing her into a taxicab to
haul her into the Senate Chamber.
But Mrs. Smith took care of
that herself. Before the bid debate
began she stocked her office up
with food and bedded herself down
there for the duration.
On Wednesday evening when DR..
Margaret Butcher appeared on the
scene along with Bishop Small
wood Williams, there was quite a
Juror among some of the doorkeep-
ers.
Especially was the young chap
from Senator Talmadge's office
disturbed because he mistook DR..
Butcher for a white woman and
couldn't understand why she would
be flouting around with a Negro
minister.