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...onstrations in Illinois if he does not back the bill all the way. But such efforts may backfire. "If the day ever comes," says Dirksen, "when under pressure, or as a result of picketing or other devices, I shall be pushed from the rock where I must stand to render an independent judgment, my justification in public life will come to an end." Although he is expected to end up supporting the overall bill, he would like to soften its public accommodations section by making compliance voluntary for a one-or two-year trial period. He also thinks the bill...
...with a brass rail dividing two rows of six chairs each, sat eight men and four women. All were white, all Protestant. It had taken 14 days to select them, and they would be asked to render a verdict on one of the most spectacular murders in history. From left to right (see photo), the Jack Ruby jury...
...Judge Howard Smith, chairman of the Rules Committee and tactical leader of the Southern group, could make any headway against the coalition. At one point, Smith proposed that the highly controversial public accommodations section of the bill be amended to read that no one could be required to "render labor or service without his consent." This, Smith said, "merely implemented" the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits slavery. Smith dared civil rights backers to vote, in effect, for slavery by opposing his amendment. "Go ahead and vote against it," he cried. "I defy you to." They...
Schlesinger praised the president for his "wise and strong leadership in these shadowed weeks since Nov. 22...you can count on me for any assistance I can render in forthcoming presidential campaigns...
...popular half-form is the adaptation, half novel and half play. A novel has the time to grow imperceptibly, like a tree, acquiring added rings of meaning. A play is more like a duel or a trial. In a brief two hours it must draw blood or render a judgment...