Civil Rights, 1959, Volumes 1-2

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Considers (86) S. 435, (86) S. 456, (86) S. 499, (86) S. 810, (86) S. 957, (86) S. 958, (86) S. 959, (86) S. 960, (86) S. 1084, (86) S. 1199, (86) S. 1277, (86) S. 1848, (86) S. 1998, (86) S. 2001, (86) S. 2002, (86) S. 2003, (86) S. 2041.

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Contents

LETTERS
219
Tiffany Gordon M staff director Commission on Civil Rights
247
Japanese American Citizens League 974
255
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights__
307
Tilly Mrs Dorothy director of womens work Southern Regional Council 582
370
Lechliter Irving national executive director American Veterans Commit
407
Blanshard Mrs Paul executive director Unitarian Fellowship for Social Page
419
Bennett Glenn D detective Arson Bureau to Senator Hart 700
424
Lowell Rev C Stanley associate director Protestants and Other Ameri
426
APRIL 14 1959
435
Hollings Hon Ernest F Governor of the State of South Carolina__
439
McLeod Hon Daniel R attorney general of the State of South Carolina
468
Marion chairman South Carolina Senate Judiciary Com Page
473
Brown Edgar A president pro tempore South Carolina State Senate____
480
Odum Ralph E assistant attorney general from the State of Florida_
486
Van Deusen Rev Robert E National Lutheran Council 412
491
Case Hon Clifford P U S Senator from the State of New Jersey
495
Case Clifford P U S Senator to Senator Olin D Johnston
502
APRIL 16 1959
505
Fleming Billie S president Clarendon County S C Improvement
526
McCray John H State chairman South Carolina Progressive Democratic
545
Tilly Mrs Dorothy director of womens work Southern Regional Council
582
Leskes director legal division of the American Jewish Committee___
597
APRIL 22 1959
621
McSween Hon Harold B U S Representative from the State
646
Tuck Hon William M U S Representative from the State of Virginia__
655
Dorn Hon William J B U S Representative from the State of South
678
Minnick John Bradley Arlington Va 983
691
FIRST SESSION
698
HEARINGS
698
ESTES KEFAUVER Tennessee ALEXANDER WILEY Wisconsin
698
Huddleston Hon George Jr U S Representative from the State
698
Seawell Hon Malcolm B attorney general from the State of North Page
698
Weitzer Bernard director national legislation Jewish War Veterans 752
698
Department of Justice Adequacy of title 18 United States Code section
698
Finn Gerald H personnel director Treasury Department to all national
698
Text of 49 Federal statutes provisions in which the United
698
Hafter Jerome Greenville Miss 1124
701
UNITED STATES
711
Bloch Charles J attorney Macon Ga
997
Carolina
1045
Moody Ralph assistant attorney general from the State of North Caro
1065
Branches
1073
Rivers Hon L Mendel U S Representative from the State of South
1077
Bennett Hon Bruce attorney general from the State of Arkansas
1083
Whitten Hon Jamie L U S Representative from the State of Missis
1110
Hafter Jerome Greenville Miss
1124
Tiffany Gordon M staff director Commission on Civil Rights to Senator
1153
Selden Hon Armistead I Jr U S Representative from the State
1155
Stennis Hon John C U S Senator from the State of Mississippi
1213
Hemphill Hon Robert W U S Representative from the State of South
1229
Mounger Breed O president Mississippi Bar Association
1236
McCanless Hon George F attorney general from the State of Tennessee
1247
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 272
1250
Campbell Boyd businessman from Mississippi to Christian Science
1257
Herlong Hon A S Jr U S Representative from the State of Florida
1265
Jones Sam H former Governor of Louisiana
1275
S 2001
1280
MAY 28 1959
1285
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF STATEMENTS
1290
Renfro Mrs Sue Organized Women Voters of Arlington Va
1297
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF STATEMENTS
1298
Masaoka Mike M representative JapaneseAmerican Citizens League
1299
Stennis Hon John C U S Senator from the State of Mississippi
1304
APRIL 8 1959
1313
Ferman Irving director Washington office American Civil Liberties
1333
Alford Hon Dale U S Representative from the State of Arkansas
1347
Lechliter Irving national executive director American Veterans Com
1353
69
1355
APRIL 8 1959
1361
Patterson Hon Joe T attorney general from the State of Mississippi_
1371
407
1386
Alexander W B Cleveland Miss
1393
Greene Percy editor Jackson Advocate Jackson Miss
1406
Travelstead Chester dean College of Education University of
1414
Barnes Lilace Reid president national board Young Womens Christian
1421
Patterson John Governor of Alabama 602
1426

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Page 409 - All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Page 707 - Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law. suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress.
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Page 444 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation, for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed. The precedent must always greatly overbalance in permanent evil any partial or transient benefit which the use can at any time...
Page 655 - The argument also assumes, that social prejudices may be overcome by legislation, and that equal rights cannot be secured to the negro except by an enforced commingling of the two races. We cannot accept this proposition. If the two races are to meet upon terms of social equality, it must be the result of natural affinities, a mutual appreciation of each other's merits and a voluntary consent of individuals.
Page 189 - ... be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than twelve months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Page 167 - ' 2. All persons lawfully descended from those embraced in the classes enumerated in the subdivision next above, or, "3. All persons who are of good character and understand the duties and obligations of citizenship under a Republican form of government; or, "4.