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HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls. Ore. Snndav, August 16. 1959 PAGE 3 A Democrats Battle In Backrooms With Presidency In 1960 Their Goal Editor'! Note: Do voters prefer performance to attempts to fulfill promises? . Differing . opinion on ' this basic question has split Demo cratic leadership from its helm ' to the balls of Congress. Here is what the party is doing to ef- lect unity. By JACK BELL WASHINGTON i - With the presidency as its shimmering goal, a bitter struggle for control is threatening to burst the patched lip seams of the Democratic par te'. ; By mutual consent, the princi pals in this internecine warfare have transferred to the backrooms their continuing battle over the te'Pe of philosphy the party shall present to the voters in its efforts to recapture the White House in 1960. Under the terms of a truce ar rived at between them, there will be no more public criticism at least for awhile by National Chairman Paul M. Butler against the middle-of-the-road course tak en by the party's congressional leaders. As they always intended to do in any event, Speaker of the House Bam Rayburn (D-Tex) and Sen ate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas will continue to proceed on the theory that it is better to write compromise legis lation than none at all. ; Butler,, on the oftler hand, be lieves the Democrats with their overwhelming control of both Jiouses, should pass legislation car rying out their 1956 and 1958 cam paign pledges, even if it is killed by President Eisenhower's .vetoes. This fundamental difference of opinion has strained party unity to the breaking point. Along with other differences, it could split the 1960 convention wide open. ' Butler believes the promise of future enactment of liberal legis lation will attract the voters next year. He is working toward the selection of a liberal as the par ty's presidential nominee. Rayburn and Johnson believe the voters react to party accomplish ments, not promises. Neither will stray far from the middle of. the road. - To back their judgment on this score, the two leaders point to the fact that the Democrats have won three successive congressional elections. Butler replies, in effect, maybe so, but regaining the presi dency is a different matter. Their differences are aptly il lustrated by the party's sorest problem, civil rights. For all prac tical purposes, Butler has told the South to go fry itsi sidemeat. He wants the Democrats, as a party, - to stand up and be counted in favor of racial integration in the tchools and other public places. When President Eisenhower said the segregation in the eco nomic and political fields is moral ly wrong, Buller capped this with: "Segregation is morally wrong, pe riod." Johnson and Rayburn want Con gress to pass a moderate civil rights bill they think will take aome of the heat off the issue next year. The less specific the Demo crats get about civil rights in the 1960 platform, the better Johnson and Rayburn will like it. Generally speaking, the old pros of the party are on the Johnson Rayburn side. Despite some criti . cism of their course; they have al most solid backing from the Dem ocrats in Congress. Butler has the support of the party's liberals, including Eleanor Roosevelt, and a majority of the national committee. He has con trol of the machinery which will put the convention in operation, Including the choice of the perma nent chairman, subject to conven tion approval. At this point, Butler is looked upon as something of a busybody by a sizable contingent of the par ty's members of Congress, They are inclined to measure any man's -olitical capacity by the yardstick "of his ability to get elected to pub--lfc office, and Butler has had no "experience in this field. Committee members are chos j.en by four different methods by :ltate primaries, state conventions, --state delegations to the national convention, and state committees. .They are certified to the national convention for ratification. Butler has been cultivating the Committee members for years. :The extent of his support within 'that group was measured last De- cember in the battle to decide ;,whether Camille F. Gravel Jr. i-ihould remain Louisiana's com- iTmitteeman, despite the attempt o( that state's party committee to re rnove him. In the fight over the Gravel ..case, where Butler prevailed, there was a test vote on a motion to . remove from a resolution an en-: dorsement of Butler's "forthright ' litteranccs on civil rights." - The chairman won that one by a '79-27 roll call vote. While this was outwardly Indicative only of how the committee members felt Jen civil rights, It was-Interpreted Butler. He would figure to do near ly as well on any move to oust him even if his critics could get together on a single candidate, as they seem unlikely to do. Butler has behind him his hand- picked Democratic Advisory Coun cil. Its membership includes for mer President Harry S. Truman, Adlai E. Stevenson, six gover nors, Sens. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota and Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, former ,.ew Yorltl Gov. W. Avcrell Harriman, former Sen. Herbert H. Lehman, and Mrs. Roosevelt in the role of consultant. Even within ' the council, there is not always agreement with But ler's views. Truman, who goes along with' the policy statements, has no great political love for the national chairman. Butler made it an occasion for some hurrahs when Gov. Edmund S. (Pat) Brown of California re cently agreed to become a mem ber of the council. But Brown cut the ground out from under the chairman by voicing the same sentiments to which Rayburn and Johnson subscribe. Rayburn and Johnson pointedly ignore the council's recommenda tions while they go skillfully about their business of fashioning the compromises which Johnson says will write a "responsible" record for the party to run on in I960. Democrats are also likely to re member that, barring unforeseen events, Johnson and Rayburn will be around in 1961 to carry on as usual. Butler, on the other hand, Is by way of becoming a lame duck un less he is lucky enough to climb aboard the bandwagon of the suc cessful contender for the nomina tion at an early enough stage to indicate that he helped along in the winning process. Presidential nominees pick their own national chairman and un less Butler guesses right he will be out. And any national chair man who is obviously marked for DROP KILLS PASSENGER TAIPEI, Formosa lUPI) A Chinese student was killed and 13 other persons were injured Thurs day night when their plane hit a down draft and suddenly dropped 5.000 feet. 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