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26 HEARINGS

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1957 SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

BEFORE THE

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 83, an amendment to S. 83, S. 427, S. 428, S. 429,
S. 468, S. 500, S. 501, S. 502, S. 504, S. 505, S. 508,

S. 509, S. 510, S. Con. Res. 5
PROPOSALS TO SECURE, PROTECT, AND STRENGTHEN
CIVIL RIGHTS OF PERSONS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION

AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES

FEBRUARY 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, MARCH 1, 4, AND 5, 1957

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 1957

27714 O-58-1

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Univ. cf Califo

Berkeley

FEB 24 1960

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

JAMES 0. EASTLAND, Mississippi, Chairman ESTES KEFAUVER, Tennessee

ALEXANDER WILEY, Wisconsin OLIN D. JOHNSTON, South Carolina WILLIAM LANGER, North Dakota THOMAS C. HENNINGS, JR., Missouri WILLIAM E. JENNER, Indiana JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas

ARTHUR V. WATKINS, Utah JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, Wyoming

EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, Mlinols MATTHEW M. NEELY, West Virginia JOHN MARSHALL BUTLER, Maryland SAM J. ERVIN, JR., North Carolina

ROMAN L. HRUSKA, Nebraska

SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

THOMAS C. HENNINGS, JR., Missouri, Ohairman JOSEPH C. OʻMAHONEY, Wyoming

WILLIAM LANGER, North Dakota SAM J. ERVIN, JB., North Carolina

ARTHUR V. WATKINS, Utah OLIN D. JOHNSTON, South Carolina ROMAN L. HRUSKA, Nebraska

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CONTENTS

Page

Text of bills..

127-163

Statement of -

Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America,

AFL-CIO, Earl W. Jimerson, president.-

804

American Baptist Convention, Kenneth Lee Smith, associate professor,
Crozer Theological Seminary---

809

American Civil Liberties Union, Patrick Murphy Malin, executive

director

812

American Council on Human Rights, John T. Blue, Jr., director.. 815

American Jewish Committee, Irving M. Engel, president..

870

Biemiller, Andrew J., director, department of legislation, AFL-CIO.-

171

Blanshard, Mrs. Paul, Washington representative, Unitarian Fellow-
ship for Social Justice-

437

Bloch, Charles J., Esq., Macon, Ga., representing the Governor of

Georgia

330

Resumed

368

Resumed

395

Borders, Rev. William Holmes, Atlanta, Ga---

527

Brownell, Hon. Herbert, Jr., Attorney General of the United States-- 1

Resumed

46

Resumed

180

Buchholz, Mrs. Leone, president, Arlington County Women's Demo-
cratic Club

615

Bussey, Mrs. Lucy, president, Organized Women Voters of Arlingtou

County, Va.-

008

Clark, Hon. Joseph S., Jr., Senator from Pennsylvania.--

121

Coleman, Hon. James P., Governor of Mississippi..

738

Resumed

758

Cook, Hon. Eugene, attorney general of Georgia

330
Courts, Rev. Gus, Belzoni, Miss---

532
Dirksen, Hon. Everett McKinley, Senator from Illinois..

392
Douglas, Hon. Paul H., Senator from Illinois.-

1000)
Eastland, Hon. James O., Senator from Mississippi, introducing Gov.
ernor Coleman of Mississippi.-----

737

Engelhardt, Hon. Sam, Jr., State senator, 26th senatorial district of

Alabama

780

Faison, Alexander, Northampton County, N. C.--

483
Giles, Robert, assistant attorney general of North Carolina...

490
Goldwater, Hon. Barry M., Senator from Arizona -

279
Goss, Mrs. Beulah, legislative chairman, Organized Women Voters of
Arlington County, Va-----

612
Grant, Davis, assistant attorney general of Texas.

13
Grant, Hugh G., former United States Minister to Albania and Thai-
land, Augusta, Ga.---

59

Gray, Fred D., counsel, Montgomery Improvement Association, Ala-

bama

825

Graydon, Clint T., attorney at law, South Carolina..

687

Hart, Merwin K., president, National Economic Council.--

484

Huddleston, Hon. George, Jr., Representative from Alabama.

88:3

Humphrey, Hon. Hybert H., Senator from Minnesota.

161

Ives, Hon. Irving M., Senator from New York..

87

Japanese American Citizens League, Mike J. Mosaoko, Washington

representative

873

Javits, Hon. Jacob K., Senator from New York..

415

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Statement of-Continued

Mclean, Charles A., Winston-Salem, N. C.----

Resumed

McLeod, Dan R., assistant attorney general of South Carolina.-

McNair, Robert E., State representative from South Carolina.

Mitchell, Clarence, director, Washington Bureau of NAACP--

Resumed ---

Introducing Rer. Gus Counts:---

Resumed

Resumed

National Association of Social Workers, Rudolph T. Danstedt, direc-

tor, Washington branch offiee.

National Council of Churches of Christ in the Uuited States, Ralph 11.

Arkush, recording secretary----

Neuberger, Hon. Richard L., Senator from Oregon..

Patton, Hon. George B., attorney general of North Carolina.

Perez, Leander, district attorney, New Orleans, LA --

Pope, Thomas H., attorney at law, Newberry, S. C.

Renfro, Mrs. Sue, Organized Women Voters of Arlington County, Va--

Ridgeway, Rev. W. D., Hattiesburg, Miss.--

Rogers, Joseph O., Jr., State representative from South Carolina.

Saltonstall, Hon. Leverett, Senator from Massachusetts.

Scheidt, Edward, Commisioner of Motor Vehicles, North Carolina -

Shorter, Ben T., Cuthbert, Ga.--

Sparkman, Hon. John, Senator from Alabama.-

Spruill, James, State representative from South Carolina...

Stennis, Hon. John C., Senator from Mississippi..

Additional statement.---

Introducing Governor Coleman of Mississippi.

Talmadge, Hon. Herman, Senator from Georgia..

Introducing Charles J. Bloch, attorney at law-

Textile Workers Union of Ameriea, AFL-CI0, John Edelman, Wash-

ington representative_--

Thurmond, Hon. Strom, Senator from South Carolina-

Tuskegee Civic Association, C. G. Gomillion, president.-

United Automobile Workers, Aircraft and Agriculture Inplement

Workers of America, International Union, Walter P. Reuther, presi-

dent

United Steel Workers, committee on civil rights, Frances C. Shane,

executive secretary-

Walden, Austin T., attorney at law, Atlanta, Ga---

Resumed.

Weaver, Lamar 0., Birmingham, Ala.

West, John, State senator from South Carolina.-

Whitney, Mrs. Ray, Republic member, legislative committee, Or-

ganized Women Voters of Arlington County, Va---

Wilkins, Roy, executive secretary, NAACP.

Wofford, Hon. Thomas, former United States Senator---

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Mrs. Dorothy

Hutchinson, member of national board.

Young, Mrs. Beatrice, Jackson, Miss.---
Documents

Statutes which authorize injunctive relief by United States Govern-

ment
Message for Race Relations Sunday issued by National Council of

Churches drafted by Rev. Martin Luther King-
Challenge To America, by Father L. J. Twomey, S. J., director of Insti-

tute of Industrial Relations at Loyola University.
Notice of public hearings on proposed civil rights legislation by Sen-

ate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights as printed in

Congressional Record of February 4, 1:937-
Listing of members of Committee on Judiciary, United States Senate,

85th Congress, 1st session----
Listing of members of Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of the

Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate.
Listing of civil rights bills referred to Constitutional Rights Commit-

tee.-

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666
873

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