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...best thing that ever happened to the South. Although Lyndon Johnson's impassioned speech in favor of the bill is usually credited with securing passage of the Voting Rights Act, it was Hart, according to Clarence Mitchell of the NAACP, who played the critical role in persuading Sen. James Eastland (D-Miss.), the chairman of the Judiciary and a strong opponent of the bill, to report it to the full Senate which then passed it. "Phil Hart... was indispensable. Somehow he was able to lift the roadblocks...He was such an honest, such a fair man, that Eastland probably felt...
...fact, although their views on a variety of subjects, including race relations and the war in Vietnam, diverged widely, Eastland and Hart were personal friends. Despite their friendship, however, Hart voted against Eastland when the latter ran for president pro tem of the Senate, believing that someone with Eastland's views should not be in the line of succession to the presidency...
While Bell's confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee could be lively, the committee is chaired by Mississippi's archconservative James O. Eastland, who urged Carter to appoint Bell. At week's end, moreover, some black organizations that had loudly opposed Bell appeared ready to recon sider in view of his pro-civil rights decisions. Certain Carter watchers, meanwhile, forecast that the President-elect will name some well-known civil rights activists to important jobs at Justice just to speed up the cooling-off process...
...most of this century, Southern House and Senate committee chairmen, who attained their positions through seniority, were effective against civil rights legislation. Now the Southern death grip on committee chairmanships is weakening. In the Senate, three key chairmen are expected to retire in 1979: Mississippi's James Eastland, 71 (Judiciary), Alabama's John Sparkman, 76 (Foreign Relations), and Arkansas' John McClellan, 80 (Appropriations). Mississippi's John Stennis (Armed Services) is a cinch for re-election this year, but he will be 81 when his next term ends. In each case, a Northern Senator stands next in line of succession...
...Senator James Eastland's report of a call from Nixon after the President had resigned: " 'He [Nixon] was crying,' Eastland said. 'He said, "Jim. don't let Jaworski put me in that trial with Haldeman and Ehrlichman. I can't take any more." ' Eastland shook his head. 'He's in bad shape, Leon...