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For Open-Cate Law, | ad
Red Ins
President John F. Kennedy will push hard for his controversial
public accommodations” legislation, the executive director of the
outhern Regional Council said here Monday.
Dr. Leslie W. Dunbar said this
ras the impression he received at
“recent White House onference
vith Kennedy, Betw@gn 30 and 40
eaders of Givil 1
ions attende
“{ went inte tnempecting not be-
“more heavily on the Negro pro-
portion of the population.”
ieving the stration really
thought they; pass public ac- | ~ s )
sommodations legislation,” Dun- nized the need for a “better guid-
bar said, adding that President
Kennedy and Vice President Lyn-
don B. Johnson effectively
“argued their sincerity in this.”
Dunbar spoke at a dinner meet-
ing of the Greater Atlanta Council
on Human Relations, one of sev-
eral Atlanta speakers to report on
The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, At-
lanta minister and an official of
of the Southern Leadership Con- dis d
ference, said that President Ken- puted claims that the Negro
nedy ‘“‘did not seek to evade the inspired.
issues’? at a meeting of religious eet
leaders.
before the Senate
mittee on behalf of
edy’s civil rights
ihe recent series of White House ois : :
conferenees on race relations. President Kennedy urged rell- prograllmthexecutive secretary of
gious leaders to serve on bi-racial the National Association for » the
From 25 to 30 Atlanta citizens committees in their own com. Advancement of Colored People
were invited by the President to | munities, the Revs ebernethy said:
aitend the special meetings. | said. ca | .
; .| The Rev. Vincefij} ime, who
Dr. John W. Letson, superin-| otrended ce Bar, re
tendent of Atlanta schools, said | @'
ligious leaders, _there
—_ — was almost “t of the
public relations ¢ ‘to these
meetings. There Teo many
people for him (President Ken-
nedy) really to talk to the people
| there.”
Void Inn Barxigrs.
Rights Senatoniisks |
WASHINGTON (p—Sen. Kenneth B. Keating, R-|
N.Y., introduced Monday a civil rights amendment to
outlaw all state and local ordinances compelling or fos-
tering segregation in public accommodations.
it was one of three amend- | proadest coverage of the bill is
ment introduced by Keating to | to rely on both standards and this
the Kennedy administration's civil|js exactly what my principal
rights package. | amendment would accomplish,”
: . Keating sald |) a
Keating said in a Senate speech | Keatins Seas
that the administration's public | - olne H on
accommodations proposal relies | ve th - fe a
primarily for enforcement on the |” ae ea a ‘oat ee
interstaie eammerce clause in the | commodaHohs: : S spe
i cifically mentioned in the Dill,
Constitution. | | would be covered.
He said Bs amendment would Nh 1 esas E
make the pposal applicable to
all stale local segregation
ordinances ay basing enforcement
on the J4th Amendment to the Con-
stitution as well. That amendment |
guarantees equal protection for all |
' eitizens. |
‘The ‘pest way to assure the |
ance program.” Bef . Righ ts Heari:
GTON—(UPI)—NAACP leader’ Roy
21 novia)
---fh—
i Geis iy eI
£
that school ‘‘drop-outs’’ pose a e e
serious racial problem because ; me
drop-outs and, later, the “impact :
of unemployment,” fall much ays
gw) 1-23
aS oe aid eae | NAAICP Sec Pp tary ‘Speaks
protest movement is Communist
“Wherein, is a
5 , pa ASUS Oy) a.
gainst police bruta ainst di
crimination in emp t, Sankt
exclusion from voting booths, lunch
einer and~ public
es judged to un-Ameri
or Buvenhiese er re
In recent testimony before th
eo ent p e
coe inltLee, Govs. Ross Barnett of
a ssissippi and George Wallace of
abama charged that the mass
| Negro. demonstrations .were fol-
lowing a Communist pattern
Wilkins also took issue with those
who have said that Negroes were
hurting their own cause by con-
ished demonstrations; j
f é commented: “How can a
—which has been betrayed by ver
possible device, beaten back in the
crudest and most overt fashion, and
distorted in high. sounding -misre-
One ee by’ suave kinfolk of
e mob-how can a cause in such
condition be hurt by crying out of
|| those whgysuffer.. . 2”
ot “the ‘committee’ that if
er of oe oat D-Ga,, lead-
eS oneal ce bloc
ress, . swallow our
treatment an Pe he would be
on a picket line in the next follow- |
“lack of 4
lish Parl t. ju
day protest their
ation in the ‘Mississip
_ Carolina legislatures:
nee the Negra) faq
ued, “the resolute determin
and action of our} thea citizens
upon the civil rights Isle constitute
exemplarly American at idtict
“Tf we desire to kill off
duct and to fashion & Nation of
cautioug crawlers,” he said, “we
should cease the teaching of Ameri-
ean history.” ~
For Open-Cate Law, | ad
Red Ins
President John F. Kennedy will push hard for his controversial
public accommodations” legislation, the executive director of the
outhern Regional Council said here Monday.
Dr. Leslie W. Dunbar said this
ras the impression he received at
“recent White House onference
vith Kennedy, Betw@gn 30 and 40
eaders of Givil 1
ions attende
“{ went inte tnempecting not be-
“more heavily on the Negro pro-
portion of the population.”
ieving the stration really
thought they; pass public ac- | ~ s )
sommodations legislation,” Dun- nized the need for a “better guid-
bar said, adding that President
Kennedy and Vice President Lyn-
don B. Johnson effectively
“argued their sincerity in this.”
Dunbar spoke at a dinner meet-
ing of the Greater Atlanta Council
on Human Relations, one of sev-
eral Atlanta speakers to report on
The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, At-
lanta minister and an official of
of the Southern Leadership Con- dis d
ference, said that President Ken- puted claims that the Negro
nedy ‘“‘did not seek to evade the inspired.
issues’? at a meeting of religious eet
leaders.
before the Senate
mittee on behalf of
edy’s civil rights
ihe recent series of White House ois : :
conferenees on race relations. President Kennedy urged rell- prograllmthexecutive secretary of
gious leaders to serve on bi-racial the National Association for » the
From 25 to 30 Atlanta citizens committees in their own com. Advancement of Colored People
were invited by the President to | munities, the Revs ebernethy said:
aitend the special meetings. | said. ca | .
; .| The Rev. Vincefij} ime, who
Dr. John W. Letson, superin-| otrended ce Bar, re
tendent of Atlanta schools, said | @'
ligious leaders, _there
—_ — was almost “t of the
public relations ¢ ‘to these
meetings. There Teo many
people for him (President Ken-
nedy) really to talk to the people
| there.”
Void Inn Barxigrs.
Rights Senatoniisks |
WASHINGTON (p—Sen. Kenneth B. Keating, R-|
N.Y., introduced Monday a civil rights amendment to
outlaw all state and local ordinances compelling or fos-
tering segregation in public accommodations.
it was one of three amend- | proadest coverage of the bill is
ment introduced by Keating to | to rely on both standards and this
the Kennedy administration's civil|js exactly what my principal
rights package. | amendment would accomplish,”
: . Keating sald |) a
Keating said in a Senate speech | Keatins Seas
that the administration's public | - olne H on
accommodations proposal relies | ve th - fe a
primarily for enforcement on the |” ae ea a ‘oat ee
interstaie eammerce clause in the | commodaHohs: : S spe
i cifically mentioned in the Dill,
Constitution. | | would be covered.
He said Bs amendment would Nh 1 esas E
make the pposal applicable to
all stale local segregation
ordinances ay basing enforcement
on the J4th Amendment to the Con-
stitution as well. That amendment |
guarantees equal protection for all |
' eitizens. |
‘The ‘pest way to assure the |
ance program.” Bef . Righ ts Heari:
GTON—(UPI)—NAACP leader’ Roy
21 novia)
---fh—
i Geis iy eI
£
that school ‘‘drop-outs’’ pose a e e
serious racial problem because ; me
drop-outs and, later, the “impact :
of unemployment,” fall much ays
gw) 1-23
aS oe aid eae | NAAICP Sec Pp tary ‘Speaks
protest movement is Communist
“Wherein, is a
5 , pa ASUS Oy) a.
gainst police bruta ainst di
crimination in emp t, Sankt
exclusion from voting booths, lunch
einer and~ public
es judged to un-Ameri
or Buvenhiese er re
In recent testimony before th
eo ent p e
coe inltLee, Govs. Ross Barnett of
a ssissippi and George Wallace of
abama charged that the mass
| Negro. demonstrations .were fol-
lowing a Communist pattern
Wilkins also took issue with those
who have said that Negroes were
hurting their own cause by con-
ished demonstrations; j
f é commented: “How can a
—which has been betrayed by ver
possible device, beaten back in the
crudest and most overt fashion, and
distorted in high. sounding -misre-
One ee by’ suave kinfolk of
e mob-how can a cause in such
condition be hurt by crying out of
|| those whgysuffer.. . 2”
ot “the ‘committee’ that if
er of oe oat D-Ga,, lead-
eS oneal ce bloc
ress, . swallow our
treatment an Pe he would be
on a picket line in the next follow- |
“lack of 4
lish Parl t. ju
day protest their
ation in the ‘Mississip
_ Carolina legislatures:
nee the Negra) faq
ued, “the resolute determin
and action of our} thea citizens
upon the civil rights Isle constitute
exemplarly American at idtict
“Tf we desire to kill off
duct and to fashion & Nation of
cautioug crawlers,” he said, “we
should cease the teaching of Ameri-
ean history.” ~
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