Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21

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9. What legislation SHOULD
Congress pass in the civil right
field. II any?
Goldwater-My basic feelinl
Is that legislation will not solvl
the so-called civil rights prob,
lem There are parts of thu
Presidents package, however
with which I find little or M
quarrel. and others which
question, and one that I out.
right oppose. The Civil Right,
Commissions life has been ex-
tended. A committee to aic
voluntary integration would bS
all right.
I believe there are adequate
laws on the books to take care
Of voting abuses, and all that
Is required Is action by the
Attorney General. Title 6 (oi
the pending administration civil
rights legislation) presents an
interesting approach but. as II
Is written, giving the President
discretionary choice, I doubt
that it is either constitutionally
correct or morally correct.
(Title 8. part Of the admin
istration's civil rights package,
would authorize the President
to withhold funds for Federally
aided programs when discrim-
ination is practiced)
I have stated that II the At
torney General feels that he
doesn't have q law properly
drawn to comply with . COM
plant by an individual citizen
in q certain school district, con-
corning non-integration. that
with q very tightly drawn docu-
ment aimed at the specific
problems and not 50 drawn that
It could be used to invade other
fields, the law could probably
be passed. I completely oppose
the public accommodations Sec
ton as being unconstitutional
and uncalled for.
RockefeIIer-I feel that the
Federal Government has q deep
moral and constitutional re-
sponsibility to guarantee equal
rights for every American citi-
zen. Accordingly, Congress
must, in my view, pass q COM
prehensive civil rights bill in
this session. 1t should, among
other matters, contain provi-
sions for stronger voting guar
antees, initiative by the At
torney General in enforcing
civil rights, equal opportunity
for employment, non-discrimi-
natory access to public accom-
modations, and for helping to
insure public education on a
desegrated basis, in compliance
with the law Of the land.
New York State has already
acted in these fields and the
results have been most sue
cessful.
Medieare Issue
@. How do you approach the
problem Of health care for the
elderly?
GOldwater - Health care for
the aged is already provided
for by the Kerr-Mills bill and
by private programs. In this
whole field Of health, I would
favor tax credit or tax reduce
ton for any monies paid for
the purposes Of taking care Of
the aged.
Rockefeller have advocated
q broadly based system of
health insurance for those over
IS, financed by the fiscally
sound, contributory payroll tax
but offering freedom Of indi-
vidual choice to select volun-
tary health plan coverage. Vol
untary health insurance COW
erage for persons over SIS has
grown very rapidly and should
be extended in every possible
way.
I am opposed to the Kennedy
administration bill principally
because it does not give the
individual an option to select
his own private, voluntary
health insurance.
At the same time I am op-
posed to tA) doing nothing,
CD applying q means test" to
the benefits and &C. financing
the entire program out of gen.
eral tax revenues-that is, as
a burden on the general tax
payer instead of on the
proven principles embodied in
the financing Of social secu-
rity.
Q. How do you stand on a
Federal right-to-work law?
GOldwater - I would oppose
a Federal right to-work law
written in the manner that the
State right-to-work laws are
written. on the basic premise
that this would be a violation
Of States rights. (Section) lab
(of the Taft Hartley Act) gives
the States the right to pass
these laws. so the Federal Gov
eminent should not uSurp it. l
have introduced legislation that
would call for an open shop
in all States but at the same
time this legislation would give
the States the right to declare
for a union shop.
Rockefeller-I am opposed to
q Federal so-called "right-to-
work" law, just as land the
Republican Party - have been
consistently opposed to a
"right-to-worB" law in New
York State. I shall make ev-
cry effort to assure that the
national Republican Party
maintains the position it took
in its 1860 platform against