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THE EVENING STAR
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Capitol Hill Maneuvers
Preceded Johnson Talk
By JACK BELL
AmmUUS Pre«« SUM WrtUr
President Johnson yesterday
bowed to the political inevi
table. but not without the kind
of back-stage maneuvering
likely to characterise his al
ready active administration.
Congressional sources said
Mr. Johnson originally had
planned to ask Congress to
stay in session to pass the late
President John F. Kennedy’s
111 billion tax bill this year.
Secretary at the Treasury
Dillon was represented as hav
ing urged Mr. Johnson to bring
pressure to bear to speed Sen
ate action on the House-passed
measure.
Dillon’s view, as expressed by
the President himself, was that
speedy passage of the bill
would represent “our insurance
against recession."
Mr. Johnson got on the
phone personally to Democratic
leaders to canvass the situa
tion. They told him flatly
there was no chance to push
the bill through the Senate in
the three weeks between
Thanksgiving recess and a
scheduled Christmas holiday.
Alternative Weighed
Accepting this as a political
reality, Mr. Johnson character
istically came up with an al
ternative. Would It be possible,
he asked, to cut the tax bill In
two and get action on the rate
reduction portion?
The proposed reduction In
rates of individuals and cor
poration income taxes is con
siderably less controversial
than other portions of the
measure This section also car
ries the prospective economy
boosting impact.
Mr. Johnson called an old
senatorial friend who happens
to be a member of the Senate
Finance Committee. Would he
undertake to introduce such a
itripped-down bill In the Senate
as an amendment to some
House-passed revenue bill? The
House must originate all reve
nue measures so the Senate
CENTER
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than just a stone monument.”
he said. “In accord with the
highest ideals of our Nation, it
wptild be a living tribute to all
cmtive talent.
*>t would be a wonderful
flowering of the zest and intel
lectual sparkle that President
Kennedy gave our country dur
the past three years.”
Others Approve
After the Senator’s state
ment, Senator Javits, Republi
can of New York, said on the
floto-:
"I hope very much that Pres
ident Johnson will take the
same Interest in the future of
the country’s cultural field as
President Kennedy did, and
that he will go through with
the appointment of the Adviso
ry Committee on the Arts.”
Senator Pastore, Democrat of
Rhode Island, complimented
Senator Pell for ", . . his mag
nificent statement and his very
brilliant idea” and added that,
"I associate myself with every
thing he has said.”
Senator Church, Democrat of
Idaho, then also said he “asso
ciated himself” with Senator
Pell’s remark and added:
“During his lifetime, Presi
dent Kennedy made the White
House a living center for the
performing arts, and nothing
could be more appropriate to
the memory of this great man
than to name the National
Cultural Center for the Per
forming Arts for President
John F. Kennedy.”
"A Cultural Citadel”
Senator Greunlng, Democrat
of Alaska, also Indorsed Sena
tor Pell’s remarks. He said:
“I think it is apparent, and
TO HONOR KENNEDY
Memorial Plans Grow
The assassination of Presi-i
dent Kennedy has brought a
Nationwide outpouring of plans
for memorials to the fallen
leader.
John F Kennedy roads,
squares, libraries, schools and
other memorials are beginning
to;take shape or are in idea
form
. Besides the groundswell of
MPPort for building the pro
t»sed National Cultural Center
.Aiere as a memorial to the late
Resident. there also have been
,'ffoposals to rename the D. C.
■ widium for Mr. Kennedy.
?* . ‘ Coin Likeness Proposed
-Representative Kornegay,
,I>inocrat of North Carolina,
has introduced a bill to put a
likeness of Mr. Kennedy on one
•ide of silver dollars. A new is
sue of 50 million silver dollars
Is scheduled for next year.
County Commissioners have
voted to rename Padre Island
Causeway, just south of Corpus
Christi, Tex., the John F. "Ken
nedy Causeway. The causeway
connects the city with Padre
Island National Seashore Area,
a 100-mile stretch along the
Gulf of Mexico, which was
created during the Kennedy
administration.
At Yellow Springs, Ohio, the
Vernay Foundation has donat
ed SIOO,OOO for a new commun-
would have to back into the
matter in this manner.
The President’s friend said
he would like to do anything he
could to help the new admin
istration. But he reminded Mr.
Johnson that it would be un
wise to try to undercut Chair
man Harry F. Byrd of the Fi
nance Committee. He wouldn’t
get even a truncated bill
passed If Senator Byrd opposed
it, the Senator said.
No Sale to Byrd .
Dutifully the President’s
friend tried the proposal out
on Senator Byrd. Disappoint
edly he reported back to Mr.
Johnson that there was no
sale.
Accordingly, while Mr. John
son told the members of the
two Houses in his address yes
terday that the “most immedi
ate tasks" are those In Con
gress. he did not specifically
ask for action this year on
either the tax reduction bill
or the Kennedy civil rights
program.
He left no doubt he will use
every tool at his command—
and he accumulated a substan
tial supply of them in 32 years
he noted he had spent at the
Capitol—to get the quickest
possible action on them in 1964.
Many thought they glimpsed
the flash of the President’s
hand in a move by Representa
tive Bolling, Democrat of Mis
souri, to take the Kennedy civil
rights bill out of traffic-con
trolling House Rules Committee
and bring it to the floor for
action.
Chairman Howard W. Smith
of the Rules group, an oppo
nent of the measure, obviously
was unmoved by the President's
plea for its speedy clearance.
To take the bill away from
the committee, Mr. Bolling
would have to get 218 signa
tures on a discharge petition.
The earliest the House could
start debate on the measure
under such procedure would be
December 23, when members
probably will have gone home
The discharge petition, for
practical purposes, could only
serve as a prod for early action
in 1964.
Will be eternally memorable,
that during his relatively brief
administration President Ken
nedy and his brave and lovely
wife, Jacqueline Kennedy,
made the White House a cultu
ral citadel to an extent that It
has never been before In all Its
history...."
“I think nothing could be
more appropriate than the
suggestion ... to name the
proposed . . . cultural center
after President Kennedy and I
’ trust that it win be adopted.
This will not and should not be
his only memorial, but surely
, none could be more fitting and
r | more deserved.”
Urges Commission Setup
In a statement released to
the press, Senator Humphrey,
Democrat of Minnesota, an
nounced that he had intro
duced a resolution calling upon
President Johnson to establish
a President John F. Kennedy
National Memorial Commission
which would “be expected to
consult the family of the late
President before coming to
Congress and the Executive
with its recommendations.”
He urged that there be no
Federal activity designated as a
Kennedy Memorial until a
commission could make its rec
ommendations.
But his personal hope, he
added, Is that the cultural cen
ter will be designated the John
F. Kennedy Center for Per
forming Arts. He joined Tues
day with Senators Fulbright,
Democrat of Arkansas; Salton
stall, Republican of Massachu
setts, and Clark, Democrat of
Pennsylvania, in proposing
that the center be named for
the late president.
ity library as a memorial to Mr.
Kennedy.
In Germany, a city square in
West Berlin has been named
John F. Kennedy Square.
At least two proposals for
memorials have been made in
West Virginia.
West Virginia Flan
The Charleston Gazette pro
posed a monument to honor
both Mr. Kennedy and Abra
ham Lincoln because “West
Virginia’s fate has been inti
mately Involved with the lives
of (these) Presidents.” The
newspaper said Mr. Lincoln
helped create the State and
Mr. Kennedy helped rescue it
“from a terrible depression and
put it on the road to recovery.”
A citizens group also proposed
construction of a John Fitzger
ald Kennedy Park in downtown
Wheeling.
Eight Florida Congressmen
have signed bills to name the
cross-Florida barge canal the
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Canal.
Representative Grabowski,
Democrat of Connecticut, has
drawn a bill providing for a
special five-cent postage stamp
depicting the Eternal Flame
that bums on Mr. Kennedy’s
grave. It would go on sale be
fore Christmas.
In Southington, Conn., the
town board of education voted
a i 'HSU I
Attorney General Kennedy congratulates President Johnson yesterday
following the new Chief Executive’s address to a joint session of
Congress.—AP Photo.
CONGRESS
Rights Bill Likely
To Need Compromise
CONGRESS I
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but between December 3 and 1
the start of the Christinas re- i
cess final action may be ob
tained on some of the money
bills, the foreign aid authoriza
tion, Federal aid to colleges
and the vocational education
bill.
Mr. Johnson’s message had a
little of something for every
body in it.
He got applause when he
told the world that "those Who
test our courage will find it
strong and those who seek our
friendship will find it honora
ble.”
He said the Nation will keep
its commitments to South Viet
Nam and West Berlin and will
continue unceasingly its search
for peace.
Pledges Thrift
For the budget balancers he
pledged “utmost thrift and fru
gality” in Government expen
ditures.
Mr. Johnson called for
“strong, forward-looking ac
tion” on the whole list of Ken
nedy legislative proposals.
And he said “this is no time
for delay— it is a time for ac
tion.”
Mr. Johnson said adopting
the Kennedy civil rights pro
gram was the Nd. 1 item. He
listed as No. 2 the *ll billion
tax reduction measure for
which Mr. Kennedy fought. He
tabbed civil rights for “earliest
possible passage” and the tax
measure for “earliest passage.”
Ticks Off Other Bills
After that he ticked off the
pending education bills, youth
employment, foreign aid and
the pending appropriation bills.
In similar vein, Mr. Johnson
adopted the Kennedy foreign
program as his own with a
promise to maintain armed
forces second to none.
At the outset, Mr. Johnson
told his audience:
“All I have I would have giv-
to name a new junior high
school for the late President.
The United Polish Organiza
tions withdrew their request to
name the school after Casimir
Pulaski, Revolutionary War
hero, in favor of the Kennedy
proposal.
Representative Ryan, Demo
crat of Michigan, proposed that
a new Federal building to be
constructed in Detroit be
named the John F. Kennedy
Federal Building. And the De
troit mayor and city council
president proposed that the old
city hall site in downtown De
troit be named for him.
Dallas Foundation Formed
In Dallas, where the late
President was shot down, a
John F. Kennedy Foundation is
being organized. One proposal
there has been to erect a me
morial, perhaps similar to the
Jefferson Memorial in Wash
ington, on an 18-acre park
near the downtown area. In
addition, the foundation also is
considering establishing scho
larships and other educational
awards in memory of Mr. Ken
nedy.
Among the many proposals is
one in Maryland, supported by
Gov. Tawes, to name the new
Northeast expressway between
Baltimore and Wilmington,
Del., the John F. Kennedy Me
morial expressway.
en gladly not to be standing
here today.”
And near the end, in the
most emotional passage of his
address, the new Chief Execu
tive said Mr. Kennedy’s life
conveyed, and his death com
mands, “that the Nation must
move forward.”
Understanding and Respect
“The time has come for Amer
icans of all races and creeds
and political beliefs to under
stand and respect one anoth
er,” Mr. Johnson continued.
“Let us put an end to the
teaching and preaching of hate
and evil and violence. Let us
turn away from the fanatics of
the far left and far right, from
the apostles of bitterness and
bigotry, from those defiant of
law, and those who pour venom
into our Nation’s bloodstream.
Senate Democratic Leader
Mansfield praised the Johnson
message and said he still plans
to keep the Senate going until
December 20. During this per
iod he hopes the Senate Fi
nance Committee will heed the
President’s request by reporting
out the tax bill, and that House
leaders will respond by getting
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of the House.
Chairman Harry F. Byrd of
the Senate Finance Committee
indicated, however, he does not
believe it will be possible to fin
ish committee work on the tax
bill by Christmas, with hear
ings scheduled to continue un
til December 6.
No Tax Vote This Year
Another member of the Fi
nance Committee said privately
there is no chance of getting
the tax bill to the floor of the
Senate before Christmas.
When the new session starts
early in January Senator
Mansfield said the Senate will
take up whichever of the two
big bills—taxes or civil rights—
reaches it first. The Democrat
ic leader also repeated his in
tention of trying to invoke the
cloture rule, by which two
thirds may limit debate, after
the civil rights bill has been
considered for about three
weeks.
See Rights Compromise
This will show whether the
supporters of civil rights have
the two-thirds necessary to
break a filibuster. If cloture
fails by a small margin, Sena
tor Mansfield said he would try
a second cloture vote a week
later. Presumably, if cloture
was still not possible the Sen
ate would go on to other busi
ness.
Some observers believe that
JOHNSON
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proposals for presentation to
Congress early in the new year
3. Preparing the IMS fis
cal budget, which will reflect
the economy and frugality he
promised in his address to the
joint session of Congress.
Nothing Uaasaal
The President's meetings
with Mr. McCone and his top
foreign policy advisers, it was
said, represented no unusual
matters but were a part of a
continuing review in these
areas.
Sources said there was noth
ing in the foreign policy field
which win catch the President
by surprise unless it also comes
as a surprise to the entire ad
ministration.
He has maintained a close
Interest in these matters during
his vice presidency and has
kept abreast of the situation
In Southeast Asia, foreign aid,
Cuba, alliances outside NATO,
the military budget and the
strength and disposition of
American forces.
Additional problems involve
Inevitable personnel changes,
especially In the White House
offices, as a result of the tran
sition from one President to
another.
Not Decided Yet
One of Mr. Johnson’s close
advisers said the President has
not had time to reach any firm
decisions on the aides that will
be called upon to assist In car
rying out his program.
Mr. Kennedy's White House
staff has remained at work and
some of its members are ex
pected to continue on with the
new President in key roles.
Others have indicated they
would like to leave after the
transition has been completed.
Carl T. Rowan, a Negro and
the current Ambasador to Fin
land. was reported under con
sideration for an important
position in the new administra
tion.
However, informed sources
denied that Mr. Rowan, a 38-
year-old former newspaperman
and author, would become the
President's press secretary.
Pierre Salinger, who was Mr.
Kennedy’s press chief, has been
acting as the new President’s
when the showdown stage is
reached the administration
may have to compromise on
some parts of the civil rights
bill to get final action.
Senator Russell. Democrat of
Georgia, leader of the Southern
opposition to Federal civil
rights laws, described President
Johnson's speech as “a master
piece of the forensic art, deliv
ered eloquently, with great
power and appeal."
He added, however, that it
contained nothing new and he
doubted if it changed many
votes.
Senator Russell agreed that
it created an atmosphere of
"understanding and unity.”
But the Georgian said, “I re
gret he has seen fit to call,the
monstrosity reported from the
House Judiciary Committee a
civil rights bill, because It is a
massive assault on private
. property and the Constitution.”
spokesman and there were in
dications he would continue in
thia capacity.
Photos Permitted
As part of his day’s schedule
the President and his family
invited press photographers
into their home, the Elms, for
Thanksgiving Day pictures.
Mr. Johnson also acceded to
the request of photographers
and will take time out from
work for the first formal pho
tographs of him in his White
House office tomorrow.
He remained late yesterday
at the White House after his
address to Congress and spent
15 minutes with Mrs Jacque
line Kennedy and Attorney
General Robert F. Kennedy.
Assistant Press Secretary
Malcolm Kilduff said Mrs.
Kennedy came in primarily to
thank Mr. Johnson for his
■ “many kindnesses and cour
tesies.”
He added that Mr. Johnson
and the slain President’s
brother talked about the prob
lems facing the new adminis
tration.
Talks with McCormack
Before leaving for the night,
the President also talked with
Speaker McCormack of Mass
achusetts about pending bills
including civil rights and a
tax-cut on which Mr. Johnson
has asked for action at the
earliest possible moment.
The Johnson holiday dinner
in the home they will leave
soon for the White House was
expected to be a quiet gathering
with only one announced guest.
This was Ensign Bernard
Rosenbach, who is Lynda Bird’s
fiance.
Mrs. Zephyr Wright, the
Johnsons’ cook for 21 years,
had had little time even to
think about the menu. She was
one of those invited by Mrs
Johnson to sit with her at
the Capitol for the speech yes
terday.
But Mrs. Wright, who got
a turkey only yesterday, indi
cated the meal would be In
the traditional Thanksgiving
way with such Southern
touches as combread dressing
whipped sweet potatoes and an
ambrosia desert of orange sec
tions, pineapple and coconut.
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GANDER, New Foundland,
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a twin-engine plane and Its
pilot were killed when the plane
crashed shortly after taking
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tional Airport yesterday.
The owner was Samuel Mar
vyn Henry of Coleraine, North
ern Ireland. The pilot was Ken
neth Anderson of Kerrville,
■ Tex., formerly of Johnstown,
Pa.
They were en route from
Lockhaven, Pa., to Shannon,
Ireland, in the Piper Comanche.
After a fueling stop at Gander,
' the plane had climbed to about
50 feet when it suddenly nose
dived into the end of the
’ runway.
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