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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...concrete product of the President's diminished prestige was the caucus called for Senate Democrats, who heard Lyndon Johnson switch from the "me-too-maybe" line of the first session of the 85th to a carefully formulated program. Senate Democrats have caucused before, but seldom before a State of the Union address and never with such wide ranging problems under discussion...
...criticized secretary faced little hostile questioning from members of either party during his appearance before the House group, those who attended the closed session said...
CIVIL RIGHTS. The big issue of the last session, given new urgency by Little Rock, is lying strangely silent as the session opens. The Administration does not plan to push any new civil rights legislation, and the Democratic leaders hope that their most dangerous party-splitting issue will not rise to haunt them. Cracked one Democratic Senator last week: "Little Rock is now just a place that Sputnik flies over...
Democracy's Wonder. Politically, the second session of the 85th Congress has all of the volatile ingredients of an election year with a couple of H-bombs added. The Southerners, who were infuriated by the President's use of troops in Little Rock, hold powerful positions on military affairs committees, and will doubtless turn full fire on Administration defense shortcomings, both contrived and real. Carefully tuned to the new sounds of criticism of the Eisenhower leadership, the Democratic chiefs are returning to Washington aggressively determined to knock down Dwight Eisenhower and his Administration. Said Michigan's Republican...
...than the Administration is expected to propose, and for better defense than it has produced; New York's Jacob Javits has announced that, contrary to the Administration's plans, he will introduce a civil rights bill to restore substantially the provisions that Congress cut out of last session's bill...