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A /,<J . House Conferences . 7-/ To Report O n I 143.215.248.55..-~-Grace day, July 22, 7 •p.m., a t S tou~feur's p bli~ is invi ted. Reservations for ton ·Abernathy, R estaurant, Hearth Room (Peach Hollowell, a nd Dr. tr ee Level) . report on t h e Ot'her Atlantans wh o atten ded t'he : onferen ::es called by Presiden t K ennedy have been invited to attend the meetings a n d particip3.t e in th e infor mal discussion. The ~ ===;::::~=::::::-=---;:;-------....:., cees ,.(JWi ·1 .ffe H iffman, Council ch ail'man t he dinner <$2.40 ) can .be 11111-de by said. "Figures p rovided b y the U.S. calling the ol flce of t he Gr ea ter Qensus Burea u sh ow tbe following At lant a Council on H_uman R ela - con ditions of Atlanta N r oes as tions 523- 1581. c ompared wit con of Ne"I n spite of the progress m ade in . gr ::ies thrO'Ughout t he . coun~ry a s Atlanta , Negro citizens still have far 1 r eported by the Pr esiden t m tus less chan ~e fo r success," Mrs. Clif- r a dio a nd television speech : - "All Atlanta . ., :nc~ llke oth er ,L
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Atia nta
high of one-seventh , as mu~h cl:.,n:!e
mu
At n
of earnin g
0 ,000 a y
. The
a nd one-fourt h instead of
third as mu Jh
1/JV
The Atlan ba. Junior Chamber of
Commerce h as voted ·to op.pose all
-of Pre3ident Kennedy's cimrent cival · rights ,legislation but made it
clear i t would continue to suppor t
0
wh a t it called ",a ll justified demands for equal •opportuhi ty for all
c itizen s."
or the public a1~::omodations biJ.l
t he chamber said it den!'es the ba sic prin::iples of free enterp1·ise forbidding a business man from ch oosing his own customers. To d!.~c-riminate on color, ra::e, or any oti:er
iteason are i.;:sues of moral and b!Miness judgement to be left up t o t he
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jndivldual, sa id tJ11e ch qmber irt a H erman E. T almadge, D-Gu. said
t wo-pa-ge statemen t r ele:isect 1his :Thursd ay t h a t en actment of President Kennedy's civil r igh ts proweek.
The Junior Chamber of C::im- gr am
would
produce
"terror
m er ce a lso said looa.l legisla tion throughout the land" and require
sh ould
ncourage ,lhd ~nforced federal troops for its enforcemen t
in the
tter ot v~ri righ ts because it would create a "police
thr,
' hastily pas - stat~."
.
He sa id t h at if th e Presiden t's
o=:a..-:-:id it was
Jer r esolu - omnibus civil righ ts bill com es beAtlanta Cham- fore th e 1Sen ate in its presen t
eaWng for the form "all who ch er ish our system
a,atlon or private of government will r e !st it ." But
h e said "no plans" h ad ~ en made
I'
for a Southern filib us ter. Talmadge,
appearing on a r adio program
CBS ,capi tol
asked
if th e S outh wo
the
plied :
bill If · b ecomea
· •·If
t)1l1 is p
t ,p resen t t
tt .N>ul tat e tr s all
over A rtca to
oroe it. Th e
law-abidpeople of the SOtlt
ing-th ey abide by I.he la,w as t h e'.Y
see it .. . but tr u tel1
t h ey
ople
h ave got to associate wlt
th ey don't . wan t t o assoc!
with ,
Sen. Talm~..
Speaks Again
.R.ights.Bn s
Pf
Cloal,was
nC)
t
they
Ls with
vie terror
,"'2.
It would
r equire !oroe Q enforce."
T alm adge also said it is doubLful that action can be completed
t his year on a tax reduction bill.
He sa id t h e civil rights <proposals
"greatly complicate" the likelih ood
of t ax action.
S imilar ly, h e said h e was "not
optimistic about passing a coLLon
ill."
Although P resident K en nedy h as
'lost con iderable :p pularlty" in
eorgia and th e South, h e said,
political t rends ch ange rapidly"
nd it would be foolhardy to prcict t h e situation In 1964.
n ational scene) but white citizens irl
only one- th irtieth, instead ing a profession :;il man."
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