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Full-Scale Negotiations with Dirksen
Senator Everett Dirksen's work with Senator Mike Mansfield (D-MT) on the jury trial amendment signaled his willingness to cooperate with the pro-civil rights forces. On May 5, Senator Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) began full-scale negotiations with Dirksen. They were joined by Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, Commerce Committee Chairman Warren Magnuson, and Republican senators Kuchel, Hickenlooper, and Aiken. The group met for three weeks in Dirksen's office. Dirksen and his staff had developed more than seventy amendments covering every title of H.R. 7152. On May 13, the group reached a tentative agreement. |