PAGE TWO
Issues 1960
Liberal
In Civil
(This is the ninth in a series—lssues 1960—0 n the stands of the presi
dential candidates, with interpretations by University professors.)
Presidential nominees have been more liberal in recent
years on civil rights than members of their respective parties
in Congress, according to R. Wallace Brewster, professor of
political science.
Brewster said the tendency toward liberalism exists
because the kind of person norni-.
naled and elected President re-j
fleets urban pressures rather than';
the heavily over-represented rural
areas !
This year, he said, the past rec
ords of Kennedy and Nixon will
be a more significant index to
civil rights attitudes than will
their platform.
Congress can “undo" platforms,
no matter who wins, while it often
works specifically according to
the President’s intention to pass or
veto d measure.
Realizing the aitilude of the
president helps measures get
passed in Congress, he said, be
cause Congressmen often cross
parly lines to help each other
pass or kill legislation.
Brewster cited as an example
the fact that conservative Repub
licans and conservative Demo
crats sometimes form temporary
coalitions or ‘‘blocs’’ on specific
measures.
Southern Democrats m a d e
headlines this year when they
united in a 6-dav fillibuster to,
block (he civil rights bill. ‘ !
One must understand, he said,;
that the Democratic party was
founded on the basis that all men
wore equal before slavery and
civil rights became issues. The
Republican party was founded as
a result of the issues stemming!
from the Civil War and civil,
rights, he said. ;
tn 19f)9. Kennedy introduced a'
bill to eliminate from the Na-j
tional Defense Education Act’
(NDEA) of 1958 a provision re-'
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1 Nixon was co-sponsor of the
[Mundt-Nixon bill in 1948 to re
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izations to register with the At
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Both Nixon and Kennedy ;
! have supported civil rights j
' legislation. Nixon has been;
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Committee on Government Con- j
tracts, which seeks to prevent \
discrimination in the spending
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No national declaration of pol
| icy has been made on desegrega
tion by either party. The Civil
Rights bill which was passed only
gives Congress the power to make
civil rights laws.
Will previous legislation affect
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didates’ records and attitudes.
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