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¶ Senator Estes Kefauver, long a banner-waving Democratic liberal, but running for re-election this year in segregation-prone Tennessee, suddenly chose to attack the vital voting-rights heart of the bill with a crippling amendment. In the Judiciary Committee, Kefauver proposed an amendment that would change a would...
2. Once the pattern of discrimination has been determined, any other petitioner of the same race or group may, for a period of a year, seek through the referee a certificate qualifying him to vote and assuring him the right to vote and to be counted. He is required to...
3. The Justice Department would then transmit a copy of the referee's report to the state attorney general or local voting officials with an order to show cause (within ten days) why the federal court should not formally order the proper registration of the qualified voters. The state...
4. Armed with a federal court certificate, the qualified voter would then register and vote in both state and federal elections-if need be. in the presence of the referee, who would also attend the vote count. In cases where state officials refuse to comply (in the past, for example...
Team of Horses. To keep the Celtics in top trim, referee-baiting Coach Red Auerbach, 42, allows his players only a few cigarettes and an occasional glass of beer, draws the line at whisky ("Any player that drinks it will be fined"). Auerbach dutifully drives his Celtics in frequent practice...