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Show TWU AAA1A, nw. J I. HATCH PUSHES ' SENATE FIGIil T0BBI1 Filibuster Threat Whispered in Chamber Rooms WASHINGTON, Murk I (in President iMenlt today I tiHd the principle la Dm pr posed amendment to extend tl Hatch elema politics MU to sta employe paid ta whole r I part by federal fnnrti WASHINGTON, March (UP) Senator Carl A. Hat (D., N. M.) told the senate day his proposal to extend t Hatch clean politics act to sti employes paid in whole or part with federal funds is co stitutional. Threat of filibuster were bel whispered In the cloakrooms Hatch opened the drive for his b by telling the senate: "We could have drafted a mu more drastic bill and still ha been within the constitution. Ait thorough study of tne constit tion, I'm convinced that w ha vastly more power than we ha ever sought to exercise." Bans Btato Employes The original Hatch act is alnv t prohibiting "pernicious politic activities" on the part of feder employes. The pending measu: would extend the ban to state er ' . ployes of such federally flnanci agencies as highway departmenl social securities agencies and far bureaus. "As a matter of tact" Hatch sai "I would go much farther than v , ' propose to go under this leglsli tion. I want to see far more read lng legislation than Is contain) m this simple bill. Some day ton congress will enact such leglsli tlon." , . Senator Arthur H. Vandenbei R, Mlon.) askea u a state nignw commissioner would be preven from running for governor wi he still held the commission post Cant solicit Votes "If he were an elective offic and wer charged with the poll, making for his department would say no," Hatch replied, added, however, that the comm doner would be prohibited fri soliciting votes among highw workers. Senator John E. Miller D, Arl seeks to repeal the statute's sti( latlon against political activity all federal workers who do i hold policy-making positions.' 1 amendment would leave Intact I act's prohibition of coercion of ft eral employes Including W P workers. In addition to including the sands of state employes under t "no politics" provision. Hate! amendments would forbid solicil tion of political funds from fedei workers and place enforcement the law In the hands of th ci service commission. Miller defended his amendme as one that would "permit pub employes to perform functions citizenship that are not denied other citizens." Hatch, whose original bill w the subject of a long, bitter fig in congress last year, denied th either the act or the amendmer deprived government employes citizenship rights. "The people ar too solidly b hind th principles of this legist tion to permit filibustering ts tics," he said. " Passage of the M ler amendment would cost tl Democratic party thousands ai thousands of votes, more than i the federal and state employ combined could muster. It would I most unwise from a political stan point" |