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WASHINGTON (—Atty. Gen. Robert I", Kennedy told the Sen-
ate Judiciary Committee that those who preach states’ rights are
not “seeking the protection of the individual citizen, but his ex-
pioitation.”
In pleading Thursday before
the Southern-dominated group for
passage of the administration's
civil rights program, Kennedy
said: “The time is long past—if
indeed it ever existed—when we
should permit the noble concept
of states’ rights to be betrayed
and corrupted into a slogan to
enial of American
rights, of ¢i hts, and of hu-
man rights.’
THE MOST
“the eommittee
that passage of the controversial
public accommodations part of
»the program is essential.
‘Tt is the part whose prompt
enactment will accomplish the
most immediate good in stamping |
out the fires of racial discord in
our Jand,” he said.
“Even as we sit here to)
’ day, National Guardsmen patrol
_ the streets of Cambridge, Md., to
prevent violence. Unrest is boil-
ing in Savannah, Ga.; in Dan-
‘ville, Va., and in countless other
“cities in the North as well as in
“the South,” Kennedy said.
: “This is what happens when
long-standing legitimate griev-
"ances are not remedied under
jaw.”
_ QUESTIONED RVIN
. Under questioning by Sen. Sam‘
J. Ervin Jr., D-N.C., Kennedy
said it is ‘not correct" to say the
administration program was sub-,
milted to Congress because, as
Ervin put it, “we now are hav-
ing troublesome times” with ra-
cial demonstrations,
The attorney general said the
program was submitted ‘‘because
there are injustices that should
be remedied, not because demon-
strations are taking place.”
Ervin's questioning hardly had
got under way when the Senate
convened, forcing a recess in the
hearing until.some time next
weck. Ervin told Kennedy he was
“not trying to filibuster’ but he
said, “‘Some of us see this bill as
a very drastic assault on the prin-|
ciples of constitutional govern-
ment and the private rights of
individuals.”
‘“T understand,’”’ Kennedy said.
mr talein n e does not
to ask many questions about, Er-
vin said, is the one that would es-
tablish a community relations
service to help conciliate ra-
cial disputes.
However, Ervin said he would
like to nole that: “The Civil
Rights Commission agilates, the
civil ri
nity relations
ate," ™
WASHINGTON (—Atty. Gen. Robert I", Kennedy told the Sen-
ate Judiciary Committee that those who preach states’ rights are
not “seeking the protection of the individual citizen, but his ex-
pioitation.”
In pleading Thursday before
the Southern-dominated group for
passage of the administration's
civil rights program, Kennedy
said: “The time is long past—if
indeed it ever existed—when we
should permit the noble concept
of states’ rights to be betrayed
and corrupted into a slogan to
enial of American
rights, of ¢i hts, and of hu-
man rights.’
THE MOST
“the eommittee
that passage of the controversial
public accommodations part of
»the program is essential.
‘Tt is the part whose prompt
enactment will accomplish the
most immediate good in stamping |
out the fires of racial discord in
our Jand,” he said.
“Even as we sit here to)
’ day, National Guardsmen patrol
_ the streets of Cambridge, Md., to
prevent violence. Unrest is boil-
ing in Savannah, Ga.; in Dan-
‘ville, Va., and in countless other
“cities in the North as well as in
“the South,” Kennedy said.
: “This is what happens when
long-standing legitimate griev-
"ances are not remedied under
jaw.”
_ QUESTIONED RVIN
. Under questioning by Sen. Sam‘
J. Ervin Jr., D-N.C., Kennedy
said it is ‘not correct" to say the
administration program was sub-,
milted to Congress because, as
Ervin put it, “we now are hav-
ing troublesome times” with ra-
cial demonstrations,
The attorney general said the
program was submitted ‘‘because
there are injustices that should
be remedied, not because demon-
strations are taking place.”
Ervin's questioning hardly had
got under way when the Senate
convened, forcing a recess in the
hearing until.some time next
weck. Ervin told Kennedy he was
“not trying to filibuster’ but he
said, “‘Some of us see this bill as
a very drastic assault on the prin-|
ciples of constitutional govern-
ment and the private rights of
individuals.”
‘“T understand,’”’ Kennedy said.
mr talein n e does not
to ask many questions about, Er-
vin said, is the one that would es-
tablish a community relations
service to help conciliate ra-
cial disputes.
However, Ervin said he would
like to nole that: “The Civil
Rights Commission agilates, the
civil ri
nity relations
ate," ™