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MOORE & MOORE ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW MOULTRIE, GEORGIA L . L . MOORE (19621 P . 0 . BOX \90 LAMAR MOORE TELEPHONE 985-1 2 13 August 17, 1963 Hono ra bl e Iva n All e n Ma yor, City of Atl a nta Atl a nt a , Ge org i a Dear Mr. Al l e n: I e nclos e a pamphl e t pr epa r ed by th e Vi r gini a Commi ss i on on Co ns ti tu ti onal Gov ernment d ea ling with t he pr opo sed Civi l Ri ghts Bill from Congress . I b e li ev e t hi s i s a good s t a t eme nt not onl y of oppos itio n to th e Bill but of the bas i c probl em tha t th e na t io n i s e nco unter ing in th e ad mini s trat i on of such l aws . I re prese nt ma ny c l ie nts i n th e tax a nd l abor f i e lds a nd I am f ind ing t hat t h e bur eaucra ti c admini s t ra tion of the b es t int e nd ed l aws mor e a nd more is b ec oming a n unr easo na bl e burde n upon th e citize ns . Thi s pa rti c ul ar l aw is one of th e type whi ch undo ubt edly ca n brea k down our c once pt th a t Gov ernme nt s hou l d be one of l aw rath e r tha n one of ma n. I would not wa nt to trust to th e mos t mor a l, highly r es pec t ed , mos t b enevol e nt ex ec utiv e th e adm ini s tr a ti on of suc h a l aw as i s propo sed i n thi s Civil Ri ghts Bill. Rega rd l e ss of wh ic h s i de of t h e i nt egra t io n i ss ue one might b e on, the ev i l i n thi s Bill i s not c oncer ned with th a t ques tion; th e e vil is th a t s uch a l aw h e l ps to brea k down a nd undermin e th e Ame ri ca n s yst em of j uri s pr ud e nc e a nd ba s i c co ncept s of a Co ns tit utio na l Gov ernme nt. I am s ubmit ting thi s t o you b eca use I wond e r ed if you ha d f ull y t a ken i nto c ons id era tion th e ul t i ma t e po ss ibil i t ies of s uch a l aw. LM: g Enc l. �