Evening star., 1960-07-24

Knight developments delayed
colleagues made it clear that
they want to exercise their pre-
negatives as convention dele
gates and platform committee
members by examining the new
proposals very closely and re-
vising them If necessary. They
indicated that the new proposal
seemed stronger than the rough
drafts they discussed of and
on from 10 am. yesterday un-
til ! am. this morning.
When civil rights subcommit-
tee members started gathering
for a scheduled 9 am. resump-
ton of their closed session,
most of them had only a
sketchy idea of the Nixon
Rockefeller conference and
what came out of it.
Mr.. Carlino, who is speaker
Of the New York Assembly,
began handing out mimeo-
graphed copies of the Rookie
feller statement. He announced
that the subcommittee session
was cancelled at least until
after the full committee met.
The Southerners went into a
session of their own. Several
other members, at the sugges-
ton of Representative Frances
Bolton of Ohio, insisted on
going into the subcommittee
room anyway Ito talk things
over"
Similarly, the foreign policy
and human affairs Subcommit-
tees. which had planned further
sessions this morning, also had
to mark time.
Following a high-level huddle
between Republican National
Chairman Thurston Morton,
Resolutions Committee Chair
man Charles H. Percy, sub
committee chairmen and others,
the full committee finally met
about II am. Their session
lasted about an hour.
Mr.. Percy refused to talk
with reporters. Mr.. Carlino
and several other subchairmen
called their groups together to
consider drafting possibly re-
viSed plankS to fit the pattern
of the Nixon Rockefeller agree
ment.
The subcommittee were re-
queSted to report back at an
other full committee meeting
late in the afternoon. Mem
berS disclosed that the first full
meeting took no votes and made
no decisions of any kind. The
procedure was more in the ma
ture of a briefing on the Nixon
Rockefeller thinking" and the
status of individual subcommit-
tee plank proposals thus far.
When the civil rights subcom-
mittee broke up shortly before
the second scheduled meeting
Of the full committee, men,
bers said there had been no
real progress. Mr.. Carlino said
II don't know" when asked
whether there would be a mi
nority statement. Previously he
had said this was highly
doubtful. ~ a.---
1--WE are talking in terms of
new, young, vigorous leadership
in the party and in the Ma
ton" he declared. when we
get it, We ought to follow it."
Both Sides Critical
Criticism of the civil rights
section of the Nixon Rookie
feller views ranged all the way
from vehement attack by south
ern members to complaints by
some liberals that it was too
vague in calling for aggressive
action" by the Attorney General.
The revised version contains
an Endorsement of sit-in DEM
onstrations. as did the tentative
paper discussed by the subcom-
mittee last night.
The agriculture Subcommit-
tee headed by Representative
Laird of Wisconsin, vice chair
man of the full committee, de-
cided late today to stand pat"
on a plank it had tentatively
approved recommending taking
go million acres of cropland out
of production and having the
government make rental pay
ments totaling $12 billion.
Defense subcommittee mem
bers said they saw no reason to
change their tentative plank
which they regarded as sub
stantially in line with earlier
expressed views of Mr.. Nixon
as to the desirability of main
tanning manned bomber as well
as missile strength.
The tentative plank called
for adequate defense spending
but set no money total. Gov.
Rockefeller had urged $3.5 bill
lion in additional outlays. The
statement he issued following
his meeting with Mr.. Nixon did
not mention a specific amount.