DISTRICTING FIGHT FORCED TO FLOOR BY HOUSE PANEL; Rules Committee Takes Bill From Celler's Control to Hasten Action; SENATE OPENS DEBATE; Clark Says Dirksen Offers a âRottenâBoroughâ PlanâFilibuster Is Hinted
HR Rules Com 10-4, clears for floor action bill sponsored by Tuck to deny Sup Ct right to rev any action by a Fed or state ct on redistricting, and to withdraw jurisdiction of Fed dist cts over reapportionment; Speaker McCormack opposes bill, Repr Albert and Repub leadership back it; in Sen small group of Northern liberal Dems threatens minor filibuster against Dirksen rider to foreign aid bill; Dirksen, in opening debate on it, concedes incongruity of rider but justifies it as buying time for const amendment; Sen Clark calls it rotten borough amendment; maneuvers of HR Rules Com Chmn Smith and Tuck taking Tuck bill out of jurisdiction of Judiciary Com and latter's chmn Celler reaction described
