Word: celler
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Committee, whose canny old chairman, Virginia Democrat Howard Smith, 80, opposes the bill in its entirety. Peering owlishly above the top of his spectacles, "Judge" Smith labeled the bill "as full of booby traps as a dog is of fleas." He hooted happily at Brooklyn's zealous Emanuel Celler, whose House Judiciary Committee had already cleared the civil rights bill. It had, said Smith, been "railroaded" through the committee...
...Celler: That's a rather strong word. We don't railroad anything...
Then, taking a new tack, Smith complained that while the bill guarantees against discrimination on grounds of race, it does not forbid discrimination on grounds of sex. Celler answered with the old saw about the French tourist in New York, who when asked what he thought of the Empire State Building, replied that it reminded him of sex. "Why?" asked his guide. "Everything does," said the Frenchman...
...Celler vowed he could not recall that sex had ever before been an issue in the civil rights bill. Remarked New York's Republican Representative Katherine St. George, the reason might be that sex was "just a dim memory" for the 75-year-old Celler...
...worried President said: "We've got to do something about this present situation because the subcommittee bill doesn't have much chance to pass Congress. We've got to do something." MacGregor's proposal was discussed, and Kennedy asked the Congressmen what they thought. Manny Celler seemed willing, and the President appeared ready to consider...