Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-02-21 | Page 1 | Senate Shelves Antilynch Bill over Wagner's Protests

Senate Shelves nt 1 c Bill Over WT Wagners a J b oller's Pro Protests tests Barkley Directs Move in Program to Take Up Relief Measure WASHINGTON Feb 21 AP AP The The senate shelved the anti- anti lynching bill today to take up the emergency relief appropriation measure The Tho action taken on a motion by democratic Leader Barkley of Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky ended a filibuster which had consumed 29 days of this session Jubilant southerners who had fought ought tho the measure said they re regarded regarded regarded re- re the senates senate's action as assurance assurance assurance assur assur- ance the bill would not be brought up again this session Before the vote proponents of the bill ill headed by Senator Wagner D. D N N. Y had sought unsuccessfully to amend the motion so as to provide for or later consideration of the bill The relief measure previously passed by the house is designed to t ta a I increase W P A rolls to a total of persons In asking that the bill be laid aside Barkley explained that there appeared to him to be no chance of obtaining unanimous consent consent consent con con- sent to limit the bill debate and said he had done all I could to get a vote on It ItHe He noted also that two motions to invoke invoice cloture each senators senator's senators senator's senators senator's sen sen- ator's argument to one hour had been defeated The Tho vote on laying the bill aside Continued on Page Two Column Four Senate Shelves eves Lynch Me Measure sure l Continued from Page One was 58 to 22 Seeking to assure later consideration tion Wagner first asked unanimous consent to lay the bill aside temporarily temporarily temporarily tempo tempo- to take up relief Senator Connally D. D Texas objected Parliamentary Point Wagner then sought to amend Barkley's motion to postpone action on the bill until March 28 His effort failed because of a parliamentary objection Barkley made the point such a motion would be debatable and the filibuster would go right on He said he thought it was the sentiment of the country that the senate proceed with other business He said he foresaw a legislative jam jam if the filibuster continued Wagner indicated he wanted to tolay tolay tolay lay the bill aside for six weeks or two months so he could use the time to appeal to the people of the country Serves Sen-es Warning I believe in this cause and I know eventually we are going to succeed Wagner said in a a. confident confident confident dent tone I I want to tell any senators senators senators sena sena- tors who oppose this bill that this fight will go on But Im I'm also a realist and I know without cloture limitation of debate debate debate de de- bate we cant can't obtain a vote this session as long as 14 to 20 men are determined to talk interminably