GOP "Man of the Year" McCulloch Lauds Passage of Civil Rights Bill

Predicting that the Supreme Court will affirm the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Rep. William M. McCulloch (R-Ohio), ranking minority member of the House Judiciary Committee, said last night "any conscientious person who loves liberty must be a supporter" of this legislation.

The 17-year veteran of the House spoke to about 75 Young Republicans in the Harvard Union last night, as he received the "Republican of the Year" award.

McCulloch, who has been given much of the credit for passage of the bill, added that while it was a major achievement, "the battle for equality of opportunity will be waged not only through legislation, but also in the minds and hearts of men."

A supporter of Sen. Barry Goldwater in the Presidential race, both at the Republican Convention and in the campaign, the Congressman attacked the Johnson Administration's record of "fiscal irresponsibility."

"The interest on today's national debt would pay the salary of every teacher at Harvard for about 400 years," he McCulloch levelled a strong attack upon charged. The Supreme Court for its legislative reapportionment decisions, pointing out that former Justice Felix Frankfurter had cautioned the Court against involvement in this "legislative thicket."

He warned of the serious consequences of applying the one-man-one-vote thesis to "every political body with legislative authority" and asked that the government "at least put the question to the people."

Speaking earnestly and drawing sporadic applause from his rapt audience, McCulloch defended his role in the Judiciary Committee's decision to investigate the Justice Department.

Turning to foreign policy, McCulloch praised Sen. Goldwater's announcement that he would ask former President Eisenhower to visit strife-torn South Vietnam.