Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-11-08

took the. title of its Report, TO
Secure. These Rights; from that
part of the SDeclaration of Inde-
pendenees which declares, Man
is endowed by his Creator with
certain inalienable rights. Among
these are life, liberty, and the
pursuit Of happiness. To secure
these rights, governments are in
stituted among men," Committee
emphasis Thus sthe Committee
proclaime dand justified its be-
lief that the government must
protect it's citizens against dis
elimination and inequalities.
Every pageA dr. sthe Report re-
jects reliance on the ephemeral
results of education" alone. GAIL
of our governments, federal, state
and resclts of education" alone.
'All of our governments, federal,
state, and local. the Committee
recognizes, !, f,.must be uncomprom-
! Using enemies of discrimination,
which is prejudice come to life. -
Again, 1T may be impossible to
overcome prejudice by lanw, but
many ofeAthe s'evil discriminatory
practices which are the visible
manifestations of prejudice can
be brought to an end through
proper government controls"
The Committees Report is a
beginning, not an end. The broad
scope of its 81 recommendations
| shows the magnitude of the pro-
/ blems of preserving civil rights.
The Committee must remain in
existence to press forward for
adoption of the recommendation
| TIL extraordinary research which
the Report reflects places the
Committee and its staff in the
best possible position to supervise
that task. The committees Re-
port mus become something more
than a contribution to our Ma
tional Archives.
A nationwide conference on
civil rights should be called i'm
mediately by the President to
mobilize support for the Com.
mittee's recommendations to pub
l1cize the facts which the Re.
port reveals, and to bring those
facts home to the people on q
I local scale. In this way alone car
national attention be focused or
the need to correct the many
shocking inequities and inius.
tics which still exist in America
We urge the President to take
the following steps Immediately
1. Continue the life of the Com.
mlttee; instruct the executive de.
partments Of the Government tc
work with it to put into effect
its recommendation for execu.
tive action by the Federal Gov.
eminent and to- draft appropri.
ate Federal legislation; and in.
struct the Committee to offer its
services to State and local gov.
erhments to implement its re.
commentators for action on thei,
part.
2. Call nationwide confer.
ence of all groups interested in
preservation of our constitution.
al liberties to publicize the find
lngs of the Committee and or
game continuation of it's fact
finding activities on local levels
3. Put into effect immediately
those recommendations of the
Committee which lie within the
executive power, specifically
(D reorganization and streng-
thenlng of the civil rights acti-
Vities of the Department sf JUS
tlce, including establishment of
special FBI unit of civil rights
Investigators.
Vbe creation of adequate mach
merry to eliminate discrimination
In Federal employment and in the
administration of the programs OF
all Federal agencies.
(c) filing by the Department OF
tJusacesof brief as a friend OF
the court in the restrictive COW
enant cases pending in the Sun
RENE Court.
We urge Congress to recognize
the urgen tneed for correction of