Evening star., 1960-04-09
RIGHTS
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force or threats to obstruct an
court order.
2. Make it a Federal offenS
to cross State lines to escap
prosecution for hate bombin
of any building or vehicle.
3. Require States to preserv
their voting records for 2
months, and make them avail
able for inspection by the At
torney General.
4. Enable the Federal govern
ment to provide for the educa
tion of servicemen if publ
schools near military reserva
tionS are closed.
Southerners did not filibuste
against passage because the
regarded the bill in final forr
as far less Objectionable to tn
South than the original seven
point administration program
and various liberal proposal
that were defeated during tn
long debate.
Provision Dropped
One Of the abandoned ad
ministration proposals, O,
which Southerners centere
their fire, would have put Con
gress on record as jndorsing tn
Supreme Court school integra
ton decision. 1t also woul
have extended Federal aid t
communities trying to carr
out the decision.
Another rejected administra
tion point would have estab
liShed by law the commission
now operating under an execu
tive order to prevent racial dis
elimination in employment Of
government contracts.
The coalition of Senat
moderates also sidetracke,
liberal attempts to revive tn
plan which was defeated i,
1857 to authorize the Depart
ment Of Justice to use the in
junction process to end segreg
ton in schools or any othe
public facility.
In the final round of speeche
last night Senator Clark, Demo
crat of Pennsylvania, expresse,
the feeling of most of tn
liberals when he said tina
surely in this battle on tn
Senate floor the roles of Gran
and Lee at Appomattox hav
been reversed"
Senator Clark said thos
who wanted a "meaningful
civil rights bill suffered :"
crushing defeat"
The other day." Senate
Clark continued, II said hal
in jest, half in earnest, to tn
Senior Senator from Georgia
Mr.. RuSsell-'Dick, here is m
sword, I hope that you Civ
1t back to me so that I cal
beat it into a plowShare for tn,
spring planting"
Regret Weakened Bill
Senator's Javits, Republican
OF New York, and Douglas
Democrat of Illinois, also ex
pressed disappointment tina
the bill was not stronger. Boil
blamed the rule requiring
two-thirds vote of the Senat
to limit debate, and serve,
notice they will renew the flgh
in January for cloture by ma
jority vote.
Senator JavitS argued tha
two-thirdS could not be OBJ
tained when cloture was trie,
early in this debate becaus
many Senators insisted o.
knowing what form the bill
would take before they vote,
to curb debate.
Senator Harry F. Byro
Democrat of Virginia, said tn
result is a victory for the Soutl
when the bill as passed i
compared with the more thai
40 amendments which wer
proposed. He said the Southern
fight. led by Senator Russell
demonstrated "the effective
ness of courageous massiv
resistance"
LaudS Moderation
Senator Dirksen said the bill
demonstrates that the Senat,
is capable of moderation ant
OF avoiding extremes. He sal,
caution is necessary when Con
gress is injecting Federal DOVE
into the States. e.
The Republican leade.
praised Democratic Leade
johnson for the courage h
displayed in pushing the bill
to passage. Later, Senate
johnson returned the compli
ment in thanking the Repub
llcan leader for his co-opera
ton.
AS the final roll call wa
about to start Senator Ions
Democrat of Louisiana, threl
a mild scare into his colleague
when he stood up to speak wit,
a stack of documents on hi
desk. For a few minutes
looked as if the vote might b
put of for hours. But afte
briefly recounting his opposi
ton, Senator Long took his sea
and the roll call began.
The voting referee plan. re
garded as the heart of the bill
will enable Federal Courts t
determine whether in any com