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youth and the explosive: situa-|in
tion in many of
The Prsident met. tly at
the White House with represen-|p
tatives all levels of educa-|Mr. Reuther said
tion, He at thatichances of final passage Prould
time to. : tolbe better if it were placed in
school board pre ts. the over-all bill.
Meanwhile, at a hearing of) Mr. Reuther discarded a pre-
| a House Judiciary subcommit-|pared statement and spoke for
eens
Hshing &. a Fat Emplo; ee aa
ie separat
tee, Walter P, Reuther urged|more than an hour on Negro,
40 Congress to create Federal reg-|rights, human freedom and the
ir Coope ‘ation| |isttars who would be able to meaning of democracy. At one
sign up “millions of Negro vot-|point he said:
Panels and ers in the South.” “Hach of us must understand
Mr. Reuther, the head of the|that human freedom is indivis-
Effort to Cut Drop-Outs United Uatomobile Workers|ible. Every American’s freedom
said he favored ‘‘thelis jeopardized when the free-
Union,
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, July 19 —
President Kennedy has sent a
personal appeal to the presi-
dents of thousands of school
boards across the country for
“your help in solving the grave
civil rights problems faced by
this nation.”
Letters over Mr. Kennedy's].
\signature were mailed last July
12, They also asked for coopera-
tion in a nationwide effort®this
‘summer to persuade young peo-
ple to returtt to school in Sep-
tember and reduce the number
of drop-outs, _ J
Mr. Kennedy urged the school
hoard presidents to work active-
ly with bira®ial ¢ommissions
to solve civil Fights issues, and
to press for creation of such
wholesale approach to voting
rights rather than the retail ap+
commissions were: there were}
none.
In more genater terms, the
the hope. that
President voiced
they would “discuss this letter
with your colleagues and if pos-
sible enlist their support.
Asks Report by Aug. 15
‘to the problem of
drop-outs, the President went
on:
“I urge you
intensify yo
ately in meetiig this national
probleny, and that you
advise Commissioner [Francis]
Keppel of the United States Of-
fice of Education of your prog-
ress—I would hope there could
be an initial report by Aug. 15
and again by the end of Sep-
tember outlining the progress
you have been able %@. achieve.
“Whether there is a signifi-
cant reduction in drop-outs
when schools resume in the fall
will depend, in great measure,
on your efforts’ in your own
community. We solicit your
ee support and assist-
) commence to
‘ort immedi-
Picese: and the high propor-
tion of unemployed Negroes.
But he told the school board
executives that the problem af-|
fected both white and Negro
students.
“It is of particular signifi-
cance,” Mr. Kennedy said, “be-
cause of a lack of job opportu-
nities for inadequately trained
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nedy.”
The Administration’s seven-
point civil rights bill includes a
provision for appointment of
temporary voting referees to
speed cases brought by Negroes
who charge they are unable to
register because of racial dis-|tutional right to regulate the
color of margarine served in a
restaurant how can anyone say
it does riot Have the right to
regulate the color of the people
who will be allowed to enter
that restaurant?
crimination.
Would Strengthen Bill
Mr. Reuther praised Mr. Ken-
nedys “courageous action” in
calling a sweeping civil
rights bill, but said the measure]
shouldbe, strengthened in oth-
er ways. ©
He ont reater Federal
auth nstitute civil
right stfS-and advance school
desegregation. He also recom-
mended that a provision estab-
proach taken by President Ken- in ee as long as we deny
Setanta,
in ‘the field of civil rights not
from where we have come, but
from where we have to go.”
ae committee is: Can Ameri-
lief in the dignity and worth
of each person?”
dom of any American is denied.
“We cannot defend freedom)
in Birmingham. No one will
“We must measure progress
“If Congress has the consti-
“The central question before
acy he true to it-
ind practical
e central