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...Rep. Adam Clayton Powell's announcement that he plans to start introducing his "discrimination amendments" to welfare bills once again can bring no joy to advocates of civil rights or of liberal legislation. Whatever the Congressman's motives, his introducing the amendments can bring nothing but trouble for such worthwhile measures as the aid to education bill, and can do very little for civil rights...
Supporters of the bill, who previously believed that 8 of the 15 committee members favored the measure, now say that Rep. Carl Elliott (D-Ala.), a member of the Committee and usually an administration supporter, will probably be forced to oppose the bill because of anti-Kennedy sentiment in Alabama...
Five Republicans, along with Rep. William Colmer (D-Miss.) and Rep. Howard W. Smith (D-Va.), chairman of the committee, are known to oppose the YCC bill. If Elliott votes with them, the proposal will be defeated by an 8-7 margin...
After the vote, Rep. Mary B. Newman (R-Cambridge) said that there was "still plenty of time" to pass an abolition bill in future years. She said that the outcome of another vote would be the same unless something "demonstrated with unmistakable clarity" the evils of capital punishment...
...backers of the measure beat down an amendment by Rep. Abner W. Sibal (R-Conn.) to prevent loans to segregated medical schools. Speaker John McCormack (D-Mass.) in a rare speech on the floor, charged that the amendment was designed to defeat the bill, since Southern Democrats would have to oppose the measure if the amendment were accepted...