H. Res. 478
National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965
In previous years, legislation providing federal support for the arts had failed in the House, but on July 14, 1965, the House Education and Labor Committee reported H.R. 9460 which was similar to the bill the Senate had approved. Supporters of the bill ran into an obstacle when the House Rules Committee failed to grant the bill a rule for floor debate. Adam Clayton Powell (D-NY), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, filed House Resolution 478 that by-passed the Rules Committee and made floor consideration of H.R. 9460 possible. The resolution was adopted by the House on September 13 by a vote of 260 to 114.
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H. Res. 478, July 15, 1965; “House Resolutions 229-499” folder, Records of the Enrolling Clerk, Box 1; Office of the Clerk; 89th Congress; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, RG 233; National Archives.
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Letter from William Walton to Lister Hill Regarding S. 316
National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965
The administration bill and S. 316 were referred to the Subcommittee on Arts and Humanities, chaired by Pell, which held a joint hearing on February 23, 1965 with the Special Subcommittee on Labor of the House Committee on Education and Labor. As momentum grew for the creation of a foundation to support the humanities, on March 10, Johnson sent a letter to Congress endorsing the creation of a National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities. This March 12 letter from William Walton, chair of the Commission of Fine Arts, to Senator Lister Hill (D-AL), chairman of the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee, stated the administration’s position that these related fields should be “under a single foundation, with a separate fund program, and chairman and council for each.” On June 10, the Senate passed S. 1483 providing separate endowments for the arts and the humanities on a voice vote.
Letter from William Walton to Lister Hill Regarding S. 316, March 12, 1965; “S 315-S 438” folder, Legislative Bill Files, Box 1; Committee on Labor and Public Works; 89th Congress; Records of the U.S. Senate, RG 46; National Archives.
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S. 316
National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965
In his State of the Union address, President Lyndon B. Johnson called for a National Foundation on the Arts, but he didn’t mention a similar foundation for the humanities. S. 1483 was an administration bill introduced by Senator Claiborne Pell (D-RI) and referred to the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee. Pell collaborated with Representative William S. Moorhead (D-PA) to sponsors bills in both chambers creating a National Foundation on the Humanities. Moorhead’s House bill gained 87 co-sponsors. This companion Senate bill, S. 316, introduced by Pell on January 7, 1965, had 32 co-sponsors.
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S. 316, January 7, 1965; “S. 307-S. 316” folder, Original Senate Bills, Box 2; Office of the Secretary of the Senate; 89th Congress; Records of the U.S. Senate, RG 46; National Archives.
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Letter from John W. McCormack, Carl Albert, and Hale Boggs to Democratic House Colleagues Regarding H.R. 6927
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965
On June 14, 1965, the House Democratic leadership rallied the majority to “support the President” and to fulfill “a specific pledge of the Democratic Platforms both in 1960 and 1964” by voting for H.R. 6927. They warned that the bill’s opponents’ claims that the transfer of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) was a “downgrading” of that agency were bogus and that failure to transfer the agency would “hamstring” the new department. When Representative John N. Erlenborn (R-IL) offered an amendment deleting the transfer of FHA to the department, it was easily defeated. On June 16, the House passed the bill by a vote of 217 to 184 and on August 11, the Senate passed H.R. 6927 by a vote of 57 to 33. When President Johnson signed the bill into law on September 9, the Department of Housing and Urban Development became the first cabinet-level department established since the Department of Health, Education and Welfare was created in 1953.
John W. McCormack, Carl Albert, Hale Boggs
Letter from John W. McCormack, Carl Albert, and Hale Boggs to Democratic House Colleagues Regarding H.R. 6927, June 14, 1965; “H.R. 6927 3 of 3” folder, Legislative Files, Box 9; Committee on Government Operations; 89th Congress; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, RG 233; National Archives.
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Transcript of Executive Session Hearing on H.R. 6927
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965
Chairman Dawson convened an executive session of the full committee on May 5, 1965 to vote on H.R. 6927 and report the bill to the House. He stated that the legislation simply upgraded the existing Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA) to cabinet-level status and gave the new secretary the power to coordinate and administer urban programs. Representative William S. Moorhead (D-PA) , however, voiced concerned that the bill “is creating a skeleton” that will grow and seek new powers. When the roll call vote was taken, however, Moorhead and 20 others voted to report the bill favorably while 8 voted against reporting the bill.
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Transcript of Executive Session Hearing on H.R. 6927, May 5, 1965; “5-5-65 5 of 5” folder, Transcripts of Hearings, Box 42; Committee on Government Operations; 89th Congress; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, RG 233; National Archives.
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Letter from John C. Lynn to William L. Dawson Regarding the Deparment of House and Urban Development
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965
While there was strong support for a new department from city residents, urban political leaders, and housing advocacy organizations, rural America was less receptive. This letter from John C. Lynn, Legislative Director of the American Farm Bureau Federation to Chairman Dawson questions the need for the department and voiced a “major concern” that the federal government “is going to perform a much larger role” in planning and financing urban development. The Farm Bureau was alarmed by Robert C. Weaver, Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, who had called for “a comprehensive program of federal responsibility” concerning urban development. Later in the year, Weaver became the first secretary of the new department and the first African-American to hold a cabinet-level position.
John C. Lynn
Letter from John C. Lynn to William L. Dawson Regarding the Deparment of House and Urban Development, April 12, 1965; “H.R. 6927 1 of 3” folder, Legislative Files, Box 9; Committee on Government Operations; 89th Congress; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, RG 233; National Archives.
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Transcript of Hearings of the Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Operation Regarding H.R. 6927
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965
In the House of Representatives, Representative Dante B. Fascell (D-FL) introduced H.R. 6927 that created a Department of Housing and Urban Development. Representative William L. Dawson (D-IL), chair of the House Committee on Government Operations, enlisted the support of Richard J. Daley, the powerful mayor of Chicago and a former president of the United States Conference of Mayors. In this April 5, 1965 transcript of hearings before the Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Operations, Mayor Daley underscored the need for the new department by forcefully declaring that the nation needs to “recognize the obvious—that we live in an urban society…”
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Transcript of Hearings of the Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Operation Regarding H.R. 6927, April 5, 1965; “4-5-65” folder, Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee, Box 26; Committee on Government Operations; 89th Congress; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, RG 233; National Archives.
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S. 1599
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965
Between 1961 and 1964, Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson annually proposed that Congress pass legislation creating a cabinet-level housing department. On March 28, 1965, this typed copy of the administration- backed bill creating a Department of Housing and Urban Development was introduced by Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CN). The bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Government Operations and the Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization began hearings on March 31.
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S. 1599, March 25, 1965; “S. 1596-1631” folder, Original Senate Bills, Box 9; Office of the Secretary of the Senate; 89th Congress; Records of the U.S. Senate, RG 46; National Archives.
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Amendments to H.R. 6400
Voting Rights Act of 1965
On July 9, 1965, the House rejected the Republican substitute bill, H.R. 7896, by a vote of 166 to 215. The House then considered fourteen amendments to H.R. 6400, but only passed three that made no consequential changes to the bill. The House passed H.R. 6400 with the ban on poll taxes in state and local elections by a vote of 333 to 85. After the conference committee reported the bill removing the House poll tax ban, on August 3, the House approved the Voting Rights Act and the Senate did so on the following day. On August 6, President Johnson signed the bill into law at the Capitol.
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Amendments to H.R. 6400, July 9, 1965; “1st Sess. Jan. 1965-July 1965 2 of 11” folder, Reading Clerk, Box 3; Clerk of the House; 89th Congress; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, RG 233; National Archives.
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Minutes of the House Committee on Rules
Voting Rights Act of 1965
On June 1, 1965, the House Judiciary Committee reported a revised H.R. 6400, but Celler endured a month’s delay in bringing the bill to the floor when Howard W. Smith (D-VA), chair of the House Committee on Rules, kept the voting rights bill bottled up in his committee. After Celler initiated proceedings to have the bill discharged, on June 24, the Rules Committee began hearings on the bill. Rules Committee minutes indicate that on July 1, Celler got crucial help from Rules Committee member Representative Richard Bolling (D-MO). Bolling’s motion to send the bill to the floor under an open rule passed the Rules Committee by a vote of 11 to 4. It authorized ten hours of debate and amendments and gave the minority party the chance to offer a substitute bill.
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Minutes of the House Committee on Rules, July 1, 1965; 89th Congress, Part 2, Box 2; Committee on Rules; 89th Congress; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, RG 233; National Archives.
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