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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1957

Page

9

House Civil Rights Bill and Defense Aid Amendments

The record details House actions on civil rights and fiscal measures. It notes a motion by Poff to recommit the Civil Rights Bill with a jury-trial provision, rejected 8 to 251 on June 18, and passage of the Civil Rights Bill 118 to 107. It also covers a motion by Boland to concur in a Senate amendment for a 14 million dollar flood insurance initiation, rejected 186 to 218, and lists several defense and development funding amendments with their outcomes on June 14 and June 18.

Poff Judiciary Committee Mack Nay Price Arends Nayce Nayursell Gray Yea Mack Yea Price Urseil Boland Mass House Senate Dla Douglas Long Ney Dirksen Morse Rete Eters Eres

Civil Rights Act and Foreign Policy Voting Record

Summary of June 1957 Senate actions shows amendments to fund controls and disclosures, passage of Mutual Security Act provisions, treaty ratification, and civil rights procedure. Notable moves include Morse amendment reducing special authority funds, O’Mahoney state department briefings, Dirksen objections, and a Russell point of order on Knowland referral. The June 18 treaty ratification and June 20 votes on the Civil Rights Act reflect key party lines and procedural outcomes.

Douglas Dirksen Morse O’mahoney Secretary of State Yea Dirksen Russell D-Ga Knowland R-Calif Judiciary Committee Nay Dirksen Yea

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