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    Abstimmung im Senat zum Verbot der Diskriminierung bei der Einstellung (1940)


    Abstimmung im Senat zum Verbot der Diskriminierung bei der Einstellung (1940)

    Von IllustriousDudeIDK

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    1. IllustriousDudeIDK on

      This amendment to the Selective Service Act of 1940 (the first peacetime draft) was proposed by Senator Robert Wagner (D-NY), who had also proposed anti-lynching bills before, but those failed due to the filibuster. That yea vote in SC was by Senator James F. Byrnes (aka FDR’s “Assistant President” and Secretary of State under Truman). The Senators from Vermont also voted against ending the filibuster on the anti-lynching bill.

      Source:

      [https://www.congress.gov/76/crecb/1940/08/26/GPO-CRECB-1940-pt10-v86-7-1.pdf](https://www.congress.gov/76/crecb/1940/08/26/GPO-CRECB-1940-pt10-v86-7-1.pdf)

      (page 33 for vote)

      Edit: Sorry for the inconsistency with showing paired votes, Senator Smith of SC would vote nay and Senator Maloney of Connecticut would vote yea. The Senators from Oregon were paired and Hale of Maine was paired as well.

    5. theinternetisnice on

      Don’t hold the vote during spud harvest if you want us to participate

    8. epicredditdude1 on

      Crazy how closely that mirrors the Confederate States of America (minus South Carolina and Vermont). I mean, I guess it’s not THAT crazy given what’s being voted on lol.

    9. Acrobatic_Ad_2619 on

      Honestly considering the time period and the context I really am not surprised by the south mostly being against it but I am surprised for how Vermont and South Carolina voted as one would think their votes would be opposite to one another

    10. Bman1465 on

      What the hell Vermont xD

      I mean I get the southern states but like… *what the hell Vermont xD*

    12. Fickle-Account3232 on

      The south would have been wise to enlist blacks and let them serve on the front line.

    14. Historical-Shine-786 on

      There’s your Democrat Party Jim Crow South right there. ‘Pub states largely voted FOR that measure!

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