July 26, 1966

HR, 200-180, adopts 21-day rule in move to force bill out of Rules Com headed by Repr Smith; com member and bill's sponsor Repr Celler backs move; he and Pres Johnson are criticized by Smith; Reprs Ford and Halleck also score vote; parliamentary attack on bill by Repr Williams also defeated, 139-101

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G Daly, pub relations dir for A D Beame '65 NYC mayoral campaign, says Roosevelt proposed deal in mid-May '65 whereby feuding NYC Dem factions would join behind Wagner for re-election as Mayor if Wagner would back Roosevelt for Gov; details Apr '65 meeting with Roosevelt at Westbury Hotel, Daly accompanied by J Feldman and J F Kraft, and Roosevelt subsequent phone call proposing deal; Daly says he never heard of an O'Connor-Steingut-Buckley deal; says Steingut squelched Roosevelt proposal; Steingut, in phone int, says he was disgusted by move; Roosevelt denial; says he recalls Westbury meeting in June, after Wagner withdrew from race and by that time he had decided against NYC race himself; Feldman, in phone int, says he recalls Westbury meeting

Sen com to ask Adm, IAM and carriers to send reprs to pub hearing to determine if strike has created natl emergency that would justify special legis; Reynolds suspends talks; sees them pointless during Cong study; Morse offers new bill that would end strike for 180 days while Pres-apptd bd mediates dispute; bill offered after carriers told Morse they would prefer more costly settlement to Govt seizure; Sen Javits backs bill; Sen Mansfield says Cong, not White House must act to end strike; Sens Dirksen and Smathers offer bills for compulsory arbitration

Parliament approves bill to nationalize indus; Conservatives vow to seek repeal; MP A Barber scores move in light of current Brit econ crisis; Min Marsh defends bill; plans organizing com aided by 2 advisory groups