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we are going to have to have
a great deal of debate to clarity
the issue and to help the Sem
ate to reach a reasonable and
effective conclusion"
The Texan continued: "I
do not think that conclu-
sion will be directed against
one section of the country or
will be dictated by another Sec
ton of the country. I think
1t will be dictated solely by the
collective Judgment of the
Senate as to what IS the right
thing to do to safeguard the
right to vote for all American
citizens"
Pentagon Bill Is "Vehicle"
The bill chosen yesterday as
the vehicle for civil rights
amendments came from the
Armed Services Committee and
would authorize cancellation Of
a Pentagon claim from Stella,
Mo, for its use of a building at
Fort Crowder, Mo-, as a tenn
porary school.
Supporters of civil rights leg
tSlation pointed out today that
If this bill remains the vehicle,
the normal procedure would
require the naming of South
erners as the Democratic con-
ferees to meet with the House,
because they are the top-rank-
ing members of the Armed
Services Committee.
But most observers do not
expect this bill to remain the
vehicle. Indications are that
before the Senate takes final
action it will have a civil rights
bill either from the House or
from the Senate Rules Com
mittee.
The Senate Rules Committee
will meet tomorrow to consider
measures for the protection OF
Negro voting rights.
Senator Heating said he be-
lieves the committee will report
out a bill promptly, if not
necessarily tomorrow. The COM
mittee is headed by Senator
Hennings, Democrat of Mis-
souri,, a strong supporter of
civil rights bills.
House Groups Meet
The House Rules Committee
and the House Judiciary Com
mittee, meanwhile, resumed
separate open hearings on civil
rights proposals. The Judiciary
Committee heard Charles A.
Bloch Of Macon. Ca, attack
the Justice Departments pro-
posal for a system of Federal
court referees to handle COM
plants of discrimination against
qualified voters.
The hearings before the
House Rules Committee today
dealt with a civil rights bill
previously approved by the
House Judiciary Committee.
The witnesses were Represent
ative Tuck, Democrat Of Vir-
ginia, a former Governor, and
Representative Lindsay, Re-
publican Of New York, a former
Justice Department official.
Mr.. Tuck denounced the Ju-
dietary Committees bill and
the referee proposal as a "fan-
tastic and brazen proposal pre-
sented in violation of elemen-
tary provisions of the Consti-
tuition and obviously designed
to humiliate and punish the
South"
Mr.. Lindsay defended the
referee proposal as constitu-
tional and necessary to safe
guard a basic right Of citizens
to vote.
Halleck Predicts Action
House Republican Leader
Halleck told newsmen after a
White House conference that
he believes the House Rules
Committee soon will permit the
civil rights legislation to go to
the House floor for a vote.
He added that he is con-
fldent the bill, including an
amendment writing in the vot-
ing referee provision proposed
by Attorney General Rogers,
will be passed by the House
with an overwhelming vote
and almost unanimous Repub-
lican support"
Senator DirkSen offered the
administrators seven point
package, including court-ap-
pointed voting referees, the
moment the battle began yes
terday.
1t is a foregone conclusion,
however, that in an election