FOREIGN AID DEBATE IN SENATE WILL DRAG ON FOR 'AT LEAST THREE WEEKS'
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) Mary McGrory, writing in The Evening Star of November 6, 1963, points out that the current foreign aid debate in the United States Senate, set to take four days, will drag on for "at least three weeks."
She gives an array of reasons for this situation, one of them being that it is the fault of President John F. Kennedy "who says...that (the Senate) is a splendid group...which will have made a superb record if it passes his civil rights and tax bill, which it shows not the slightest disposition to do."
McGrory concludes her front-page opinion piece by saying that Democratic Majority Leader Mike Mansfield* adjourned the Senate "so it would be fresh to resume its chaotic discussions in the morning."
JFK+50 NOTE
Ms. McGrory cites more data critical of the Senators themselves rather than President Kennedy. Of course, JFK had great affection for the Senate because he served there before becoming POTUS & wrote "Profiles In Courage" about those senators who distinguished themselves by risking political status to do the right thing.
*Michael Joseph Mansfield (1903-2001) was born in Brooklyn, New York & grew up in Great Falls, Montana. MJM served in the US Navy in WWI & was educated at the University of Montana & Montana Technological University. He served in the US House of Representatives 1943-1953 & US Senate 1953-1977.
SOURCE
"Could the Trouble Be the Senators?," by Mary McGrory, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., November 6, 1963, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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