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...Administration, fearful that the barbed-wire subcommittee bill would snag all chances for civil rights legislation this year, put Celler under heavy pressure to back down and support a more moderate measure. He agreed, and with the help of Ohio Republican William McCulloch, ranking minority member of the Judiciary Committee, put together a shaky coalition in favor of modifying the subcommittee bill...
After Libonati withdrew his motion, West Virginia Republican Arch Moore moved that the full committee then and there approve the subcommittee bill. This was the one move that Celler and McCulloch feared more than anything else: if Moore's motion had passed, the bill would have gone to Judge Smith's Rules Committee, and subsequent death. Before they could vote, the noon bell rang to convene the House, and the committee had to adjourn. Later Celler canceled committee sessions until at least this week...
...even though the differences were not broad, it would be a bitter pill for Democrat Kennedy to have to accept a Republican civil rights package. But at week's end White House aides were busy trying to draft a compromise package. Still, Judiciary's Senior Republican McCulloch was hopeful. "There is more evidence," said he, "of a desire to write legislation in this field, where legislation is desperately needed, than there has been in a long time. The disposition in both parties to accept responsibility without relation to the partisan issues or benefits involved is better." Added...
Language & Legalism. As sent to the full Judiciary Committee, the bill simply went too far. It antagonized not only Southerners but many Republicans and moderate Democrats who questioned its sweeping grants of federal authority. Celler also angered Ohio Republican William McCulloch, ranking minority member of the civil rights subcommittee, by ramming through the changes without any effort toward bipartisan consultation...
Also elected were Patricia W. McCulloch '65, of Edmands House and Miaml, Fix., art director; Thomas M. Geizler '65, of Kirkland House and East Orange, N.J., editorial chairman; Eliot H. Sherman '65, of Adams House and Newton, assistant business manager; and Patricia C. Jones '64, of Warner House and Los Angeles, Cal., clerk...