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tempting to impose the will Of
the majority on q reluctant
minority.
Threatened Breakups
The conference came close to
breaking up in a civil rights
flibuster last year at Hershey,
Pa, Gov. George c. Wallace,
the Alabama segregationiSt,
threatened at this mornings
session to make this confer
ence my last If it's turned into
a.civil rights debating society"
However, Gov. Hatfield ar
gued that the Sawyer resolu-
ton would not end the posi-
bility of "filibusters, contro-
versies and harrassments." He
noted that reports from other
conference committees can still
be debated and warned that
Republicans, If so inclined,
could filibuster them"
Gov. Hatfield said Democrats
on the conference committee
on health and public welfare
would bring in a report sup
porting medical care for the
aged under Social Security and
other parts Of President Ken
nedy's domestic welfare pro-
gram. He promised a battle
on that.
The Sawyer resolution did
not cover policy statements
embodied in reports from COM
mittees other than the resolu-
tons panel. Republicans are
afraid they may be confronted
by a series Of pro-Kennedy re-
ports and are prepared to fight
against their adoption.
Battle Over Chairman
The G. o. P. governors-out-
numbered 36-l5-also face a
threat over the selection Of a
new conference chairman.
Conference rules require that
the Craftsmanship rotate bet
ween the parties. But in 1861,
the Democrats brushed aside
Gov. Rockefeller's claims to
the post and those, instead.
then-Gov. wesley Powell of
New Hampshire, regarded as a
maverick by his Republican
colleagues.
Republican National Chair
man William E. Miller flew to
Miami yesterday and called the
G. o. p. Governors into caucus
in an effort to avoid a repeti-
ton Of that experience.
He urged them to pledge
themselves to respect caucus
wishes on which Republican
should succeed Democratic
Gov. Albert Rosellini of Wash
ington as conference chairman
for next year.
Effort Fails
But the effort to secure such
q pledge failed at a caucus that
lasted until midnight last night
Gov. Robert Smylie Of Idaho
the senior Republican COVER
nor in years of service, is re-
portedly the choice of mos
caucus members for the chair.
manship.
But indications are the
Democrats will try to give the
post to John Reed, the two
term Republican governor Of
Maine.
Gov. Reed was the only Re-
publican who failed to support
an objection to the two-houl
civil rights discussion presented
this morning by Gov. Hatfield
Questions Agenda Changes
Gov. Hatfield questioned
Gov. RoSellini's right to change
the printed agenda and to i'm
pose a five-minute time limit
ON speeches at the civil rights
panel. But the chairman was
upheld on a 34-14 roll-call
vote, with Gov. Reed siding
with the unanimous Democrats
In yesterdays pre-conference
.maneuvers, Gov. Paul Fannin
of Arizona, a hacker Of Sena-
tor Barry Goldwater for the
Republican presidential nomi-
nation, joined half q dozen
Democrats in accusing Gov.
Rockefeller of using the civil
rights issue to advance his
presidential ambitions.
Rockefeller Unperturbed
Gov. Rockefeller himself
seemed anything but perturbed
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