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...Some kind of alliance with that oosy- Dirksen" led President Johnson settle for a weak voting rights bill, Joseph L. Rauh Jr. '32, vice-chairman of Americans for Democratic Action, charged yesterday...
Speaking at today's convocation will be Elliot L. Richardson '41, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, Joseph L. Rauh Jr. '22, vice-chairman of the Americans for Democratic Action, Mrs. Amelia Boynton, leader of a voters league in Selma, Ala., and Donald L. Hollowell, a civil rights attorney in Atlanta...
Meanwhile, most members of the Credentials Committee express approval of the President's compromise. Support for a minority report immediately slips from eighteen to four. Rauh maintains that the compromise is "fair and square;" he has, however, lost the trust of the Freedom Party. Many staff members unfairly charge King with having convinced the Credentials Committee not to issue a minority report...
Oregon's Senator Wayne Morse argues for the compromise: "Rauh's witnesses shook my colleagues....I am sorry the issue couldn't be brought to the floor...If tonight, for the first time, two Negroes cast votes, that will be tremendous progress...
...Rauh's optimism may have been at fault. He should have prepared the delegates for a compromise. But Rauh is a natural optimist. It is probable that the delegates misinterpreted his personality...