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This did not cut down the letters, however; it only altered their source. Immediately after the vote, Representative Vinson and other UMT proponents began receiving a large number of letters urging them to "keep plugging," and the tide turned. Speaker Rayburn has just announced the possibility of a new vote...
...Rayburn said that if the bill was shelved by parliamentary maneuvers, "I am afraid those who stand with us (U.S. allies abroad) will misunderstand...
According to Rayburn, there was no connection between events in Detroit and his ruling; it was merely a matter of House regulations. Since these regulations have nothing to say about radio and television, Rayburn reasoned, radio and television should be banned...
...attacking one of the main causes of this sensationalism, Rayburn's ruling will minimize the circus element in committee session. But it raises a problem of its own. Immediately after Rayburn's announcement, Representatives Martin, Shafer, and a host of others--mostly staunch Republicans--began howling about censorship. They defended broadcasts and telecasts as highly democratic and educational. Although they have reasons for protesting other than democracy and education, their insincerity does not reduce the cogency of their arguments...
...banning TV and radio, Rayburn has taken the easy way out, and like most such decisions, his is hardly the best solution. What is needed is not more censorship, but a way to make censorship unnecessary...