Box 17, Folder 14, Document 53

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makes against this portion of the bill is that it woul
croachment on the property and individual rights of cer
prietors of businesses. This is true, but it is also true that a!
affect one or both of these rights. a
However, the main point we would like to make is that
cities and states have already on their books laws §
a proprietor from accommodating or serving mem
racial groups. Have not the individual rights of those
who might have desired to serve members of both races vi
discrimination been encroached upon? We have never known our
ays senator to ever oppose a law requiring eee) at the















city, sta ieee, ‘national levels. So it seems that segregation laws

have already encroached upon the individual _ property rights
of ma zens.

M Kv hile Ww we are on this subject of e chment, we

d. of the eer filibusters: in: the Senate in which our

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P ir individual rights?

Rights bills, are now pending before the
uld be given due study and considera
y. In our Opinion, they are needed to put our nation

th the true meaning of the Declaration of Independence.














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