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Civil Rights Showdown May Walt - : Don't be surprised if Senate vote goes over until next year". (Just before election), ©- 2 Bot House bill will be called up next month, fillbustered. But before then, leaders hope to clear most. appropriation bills, other urgent measures. That way they can adjourn when: _ Sveryone gets tired of the tall, - 1 . and when Southerners’ chile: strategist, Sen. Richard Ruasell. ' A bil to Insure voting rights (with jury trial) could pass - Senate easily, But Southerners now have tt on the record that Administration bill could be used to enforce de-segrega- : tion of public schools. Sen. Thomas Hennings (D., Mo.}, a backer of the bill, was asked in Senate debate if this were true; answered yea. That makes tha difference, _ om NOTE: Vice President's decision on polnt ‘of ‘order, put- ting the issue up to the Senate for a vote, closely followed a Proposed decision written by Sen. Clifford Case (R., N, J.) (D., Ga.) got into an argument with Nixon over meaning of the decision, it was Case who helped extricate the Vice President. _ ; ; New Budget Blues -" Administration, folted by recent budget revolt, !s trying work 5 aren hard to pare figures for 1959 fiscal year, now being over. With bigger costs coming up for highways, possibly for defense programa, !ts work is cut owt. THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK OF NEXT RUDGET REACH. ING $76 BILLION, BUT FIGURES SO FAR MEAN LITTLE, Agency requests now coming in will be carefully screened. But best that insidera look for js-a budget no higher than Top Administration figures say much of this year’s revolt is due to fact that when current budget was being put to gether, entire topside of Government was out politicking, with an eye on fall elections, # Democratic members of House Appropriations Com: mittee predict appropriation for forelgn ald will be nothi like as large as $3.6 billion authorization bill Just approv * Secretary Dulles didn’t help his case when he testified, tporahers ay. He srled fo peu new soft Joan” plan with 8 ngress shouldn't wo ut repayment un’ the T4nS" come due; had no details about how-he-pimnned © to spend the money, = = its Suet doe 7