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upon the record for all to Lest forget them let cite
of the shameful facts this Committee reported facts
which have been matter of official record for at least two
years:
For the eleven years Immediately preceding the report
there A ynchngs in the United States Not single per-
given the death penalty for these crimes and most of
the guilty tried in court.
The poll tax and other ballot restrictions keep millions of
people from voting.
Newspaper "hep wanted offer jobs for which only
whites Genes need apply Job seekers forced to list their
religion on application blanks.
Using any basis comparison expenditures number of
teachers length of school separate but equal schools
for Negroes and whites really unequal and put the Ne
gro at a disadvantage
And here of the effects of job discrimination in
plain dollars The last showed that the med
annual income for the white school graduate Sl454
compared SITS for Negro high school graduate Twenty
three out OF every 100 white high school graduates had incomes
$4,000 Only four of 100 Negro high school graduates
had incomes that high Here Negro and white citizens with
the of education and training but discrimination
makes that the Negro citizen gets less money for his work.
These not the only fruits of discrimination disease de-
nqueney crminay teracy social tension poor health and
racial all spring from this undemocratc practice
strange fruit in this land of freedom and opportunity
have heard it argued Mr. President that cannot solve
these problems by legislation Education the only accord
ing to the opponents of civil rights legislation Well am for
educaon be for education but many OF us TOO
willing to make the for all ills But let's remember this:
racial ond religious discrimination lynchng segregation dis
franchsemen of American citizen because of his color all
OF these things morally wrong They truly unAmercan
They violate the ethics OF equality na were
taught children and which teach children today Since
these practices wrong should make them illegal We
make clear that dsapprove of them and that put
ting them outside the law.
don't deny the value of education say need edu-
cation particularly the field of human relations Toward that
end have introduced legislation for the creation of a Civil
Rights Commission But say that progressive liberal egsla
ton that gives force moral principles itself educational
The opponents of civil rights ask to consider states
rights do object to states rights they accompanied
by genuine regard for states responsibility More important
the time has arrived for to get of the shadow of states
rights and walk orhrghty into the bright of human rights
For all these reasons, Mr. President lament shameful
failure to the rights Of oppressed minore lament
il and do many my colleagues But have wayered
in determination make fight of it and that fight will
be made The Majority Leader has said that FEPC will be taken
up early in the session. congratulate my friend the dis
tnguished majority leader for that statement urge in fact
that only this piece of legislation be taken up early the
session. but that be the first bill taken up the
session of The 81s Congress. urge and know that the Adj
minstration press the fight until the last flbuser is
hausted and until final democratic has been taken Not
until such fight has been made this issue really be settled
And in that fight promise Majority Leader the support
all those who agree that redeem ourselves
in the eyes of people and the of the world
We face other crucial issue but this time executive
rather than legislative civil rights problem the segre
cation in the Armed Forces This issue has been ted long
enough This socaed racial equality policy
racial equality policy at ALL 1t is rather perpeuaton of the
same undemocatc discrimination and segregation which has
other side of the aisle feel wTD3s5N2 UH@ ~
however let address them -