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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, May 9, 1968
Southern Demos, GOP Coalition
(Editor's note: This is the fourth in a five-part series exploring political differences and their effects on the presidency, Congress and public policy making.)
Bv ARNOLD B. SAWISLAK
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sprang his New Deal on Congress.
With Democrats holding 313 of the 435 House seats and 59 of the 96 Senate seats, and depression panic rampant, FDR was able to push the federal government into economic and social fields it had never before approached.
Only a conservative judiciary balked at Roosevelt's program and it ended up beating him when Congress blocked his plan
Police halt poor people's march in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—(UPI)About 250 Negroes brought the poor people's campaign into Birmingham late Wednesday after ducking a confrontation with police in Montgomery to place a wreath of red roses at the first church of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
After the incident in the mourning capital the demonstrators, who are en route to Washington, boarded chartered buses for a 98-mile trip to Birmingham for a rally. On Thursday the march moves into Atlanta.
The Dexter Ave. Baptist Church, King's first pastorate, is across the street from the state capitol, where the body of Gov. Lurleen Wallace lay in state. She died Tuesday.
The group tried to march two miles to the church, but was halted after three blocks by police because the marchers didn't have a parade permit.
After considerable discussion, the marchers decided to disband and walk in small groups to the church.
Auditioning for choirs continues
Students can audition for any of three KU choirs any day until the last day of classes in room 332 Murphy Hall.
James Ralston, teaching associate of choral music, and Darrell Benne, assistant instructor of choral music, will hear the auditions from 12:30 p.m. until 5 p.m. each day.
There are four choirs: the Chamber Choir, with 36 members selected from juniors, seniors and graduate students; the Concert Chorale, composed of 40-45 members who are sophomores and above; the Concert Choir, with 60 members who are sophomores and above; and the University Singers.
The University Singers is made up exclusively of freshmen and auditions for it will be in the fall.
These choirs meet one hour a day, three times a week—except the Chamber Choir, which will meet five days a week. One hour of credit is given for participation in these choirs.
"The choirs are usually 60 per cent music majors." Ralston said, "but non-music majors may also apply."
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Ironically, the Democratic majority had increased to 333 House seats and 75 Senate seats when senior southern Democrats and northern Republicans who controlled congressional machinery called a halt to the New Deal and its works.
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This was the birth of the modern conservative coalition, which managed to dilute, delay and defeat most liberal legislation from the late 1930's to the mid-1960's. The coalition has had its ups and downs, but reports of its demise after the 1964 liberal landslide were given the lie by its rebirth in 1966.
The South is the key to the coalition. Before 1960, the 11 states of the Old Confederacy had 106 seats in the House and 22 in the Senate. Most were Democrats, and most—especially in the House—also were deep-dyed conservative.
The coalition usually got them, plus many of the 38 House and 16 Senate votes, from the predominantly Democratic border states.
The hard core of Democratic conservatives was only slightly offset by northern liberal Republican, who seldom numbered more than 25.
In 1959-60, Democrats held 283 seats in the House, 64 in the Senate. With 218 seats needed for House control and 51 for Senate control, the Democrats theoretically should have been firmly in charge. But the conservative coalition needed to find only 65 Democrats in the House and 14 in the Senate to thwart the liberals. And it did, with ease.
In the next session the Democrats lost 21 House seats but as incoming President John F. Kennedy had the benefit of the usual congressional "honeymoon" and the advantage of backlogged proposals which had been around long enough to gain public support.
Johnson's 1964 landslide brought in 295 House Democrats and 68 Senate seats for the party. The 37 new Democrats in the House increase were practically all liberals because the Republicans actually stepped up their southern inroads. The President struck quickly and put across school aid, Medicare, immigration reform and a big urban aid program. The coalition was overwhelmed at every turn.
In addition, a number of the new Republicans were from southern districts whose former Democratic representatives had not been voting for liberal bills anyway. This, of course, cut the net loss for the Kennedy side.
But two years later, amid conservative demands for cutbacks in domestic spending to support increasing requirements for the Vietnam war, the Democrats lost 47 House seats, mostly liberals losing to conservatives. In 1967, Johnson could get very little out of a Congress that teetered between conservative and liberal control.
The conservative camp did win one notable victory in blocking passage of any significant civil rights legislation after the 1965 voting rights bill.
The 1967 issue was "open housing," and on it erstwhile northern liberals began defecting from their faction's past support of all legislation aimed at achieving racial equality. Three summers of ghetto riots reinforced the opposition.
Negro athletes boycott banquet
NORMAN, Okla. — (UPI) — Negro athletes at the University of Oklahoma boycotted the annual varsity "O" Club banquet Tuesday night in protest of alleged discrimination.
Athletic director Gomer Jones said the group did not inform him of the grievances, but handed him a list of names on a statement of intention not to attend.
Jones planned to meet with representatives of the Negro athletes this afternoon to discuss the grievances.
Granville Liggins, an All-America nose guard for the Sooners' Big Eight Conference and Orange Bowl champion football team last season, and Don Sidle, a star on the basketball team, were among those signing the statement. Both are Negroes.
"A group of Negro athletes have been upset for some time over the treatment of their race by coaches and officials here," Liggins said. "We felt we had to do something to bring attention to some of the injustices . . . we had to be heard."
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Foreign Students: Complete and turn in the forms found in the May-June International Campus Newsletter.
Ph.D. Final Examination. 9 a.m.
Athens, Georgia. Education. Room
116, Bailey Hall.
Ph.D. Final Examination. 9 a.m.
10 a.m. Psychology, 215. Fraser Hall.
Ph.D. Final Examination. 9:30 a.m.
English, Room 149,
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Ph.D. Final Examination. 2 p.m.
Room 443, Hall 501, Entomology. 443, Hall 501.
High School Orchestra of the Year. 2:30 p.m. University Theatre.
Miss Lawrence-KU Pageant. 7 p.m.
University Theatre.
TOMORROW
KU Muslim Society. Prayers. 12:45
p.m. Kansas Union.
Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering Conference. Day Kan.
Baseball. 1:30 p.m. Missouri. Quigley Field.
NROTC Spring Review. 6:30 p.m.
East of Allen Field House.
Ph.D. Final Examination. 10 a.m.
Department of Special Education.
Room 101, Bala Hall.
Annalaoosa." Dyche Auditorium.
Miss Lawrence-KU Pageant, 8 p.m.
Ph.D. Final Examination. 3 p.m.
Jason, Kyle. Zoology. Room 222,
Snow Hall.
Ph.D. Final Examination. 3:30 p.m.
Friday, April 18. Education. Room
111. Bailey Hall.
Popular Film, 7 & 3:30 p.m. The Amazing Adventure of Captain Marvel, 12 & 3:45 p.m. Miss Maurice Pazant, 8 & 10:30 p.m.
Miss Lawrence-KU Pageant. 8 p.m.
University Theatre.
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"Since another politician passed this way a couple of months ago a lot has happened . . . Lydon Johnson bowed out, Hubert Humphrey bowed in, Bobby Kennedy got his hair cut and I finally decided to go all the way myself."
Following his address, thegov-
ernor held a brief, private meeting with the 20 Kansas delegates to the Republican National Convention.
He was expected to arrive at the Lawrence Municipal Airport about 12:15 p.m. today. Rockefeller is to go directly from the airport to Allen Field House for a 12:30 speech before faculty and students at KU.
All 12:30 p.m. classes have been cancelled, James Gunn, administrative assistant to the chancellor, said Wednesday.
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