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7 -/ r Rebuts Southern Charges Bill Would Infringe Upon ' State or Property Rights By E. W. KENWORTHY Special to The New York Times WASHINGTON, July 18 Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy denied today that the Administration's civil rights bill would "improperly" interfer7 with either the rights of the states or the rights of private property. Southern opponents argue that four sections of the blll, tiealing with schools, voting, public accommodations and Federal funds, are an infringement on states' rights. They are joined by many Northern legislators of both arties in asserting that the proposed ban on discrimination in public facilities would impair property rights. The Attorney neral addressed himself th these 1 arguments toda e began fore the , testifying on th Senate Judici,""'i,..._,mmittee. The committee, by Send of Mis. ator James o. E sissippi, has nelllllf~ in recent times reported -t>u1ivil rights . b11I. JBJ1 Mr. · Kennedy used the Southerners, in ldftt:t, of forgetting the debates in the Constitutional Convention and mispplying their favorite doctrine. He said: "States' rights, as our forefathers conceived it, was a protection of the right of the individual citizen. Those who preach. most frequently about States Rights toda.i are not those seekini th~ J)l'Otection of the indivfaual citfzt!Jl, but his exploitation. "'The time is long past - i indeed it ever existed- when w ontfnuecton Page 7,Column 2 i • ...., �