Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-11-08
PRESIDENT CALLS CIVIL
RIGHTS COMMITTEE REPORT
NEW CHARTER OF HUMAN
FREEDOM IN OUR TIME
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their unselfish, devoted service. :,
Landing the report of the Pre-
.sident's Committee on Civil Rights
DR.. Stephen S. Wise, President
of the American Jewish Congress,
called on President Truman to
keep the Committee in existence
to obtain the adoption of its re-
commentators.
DR.. Wise urged immediate exc
cutive and legislative action for
correction of the evils demon
strated by the Committee
by enacting legislature to end
discrimination in employment and
to stop the crime of lynching.
Immediate action by Congress on
poll tax laws and the elimination
of the Jim Crow evil is demand
ed by every decent citizen of
our country"
DIR. Wise expressed his parti-
cular qualification with the Com
mittee's recommendations to State
Legislatures that they enact fair
education practices laws for pub
lie and private noon-sectarian edu
cational institutions. He, also,
called attention to President Tru-
mans address of last June in
WHICH the President promised
full executive support of urgent
ly needed civil rights legislation.
Juxtaposing the strong effect of
statutes against the 'puny' eff
forts to echieve goodwill propa-
ganda, DR.. Wise indicated that
ne had long held the belief now
expressing in the findings of the
Presidents Committee that civil
rights legislation would be the
most significant stride toward ef-
fecting racial and religious har-
mony in America.
COMPLETE TEXT OF DR..
WISE'S STATEMENT rs AT
TACHED.
The Presidents Sommittee or
Civil Rights has performed &
great service for the people o.
America. It has shown the way Il
build, upon the strong framework
of the Bill of Rights, an Amer
lean democracy that will be mean
fngful to all of its citizens re
CARELESS of their faith, the colol
of their skin, the accident o
their birthplace, or their politi
cal beliefs. 1t has laid down ;
program of law and social actor
based on President Truman
statement in an address at tn,
Lincoln Memorial in June 1947
eve must make the Fedora
Government a friendly, vigilant
defender of the rights and equal
tiles of all Americans Gu
National Government must SHOW
the way" The adoption of it!
recommendation by the executive
and legislative branches of ouI
Federal and State Government!
will serve to guarantee the civi
and human rights envisioned b!
the drafters of our Constitution
President Truman can now
move vigorously to put the Com
mittee's statemanlike and courag
eous program into effect, assur
ed of the decent Americans. There
should be no delay in the adopt
ion of those recommendations
which require no more than adj
ministrative action by the Pre-,
sident and the executive repart.
ments of the Government.
We are particularly gratified by
the Committees recommendation
to State, Legislatures that they
enact effective, enforcible fair
education practices laws for pri-
Vate non-sectarian educational in
stitutions laws which would
eliminate bias as a consideration
in the admission of students. This
recommendation, along with a
host of others for legislative ac-
ton, gives concrete recognition
to the urgent need for strong
measures embodied in law as
against reliance on the puny eff
feet of goodwill propaganda.
: The whole Report, indeed, re.