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effective legal protection to all
inhabitants against discrimina-
ton in employment, Ryan side.
The three hours of debate
i3hich cclIeiwed eliminated in
the first Legislative victory for
Stevenson in the A " months
the 66th general assembly has
! been in session.
! ALL LINES BRE AcHED
Both the arguments and the
vote preached party, sectional,
and racial lines. ALL four Negro
members of the legislature took
the floor during thu day and pro-
duced scme of the best Oratory
this session has -9en. Republi-
cans joined Demo ats both. in
supporting and in opposing the
measure,
| Rep. Fred J. Smith 3D., sChica-
gc), Negro, was gwen the plum
OF closing The debate. Answering
objections that morals or tOler-
anoe cannot be enforced by law,
he said:
"A law pre- j ies the means Of
obtaining so4no good"
We admire your proud Anglo
Saxon race and its accomplish
ments," he G id. "All honor to
your progrecc May it continue.
HOW CAN WE FoRGETw
How wonderful, when you say
we should not bring in legislation
OF this kind. How can we forget
~ centuries of woe and
misery? How can we forget
lnoSe many centuries of crushed
MANHOOD, of prostituted virgins.
and Of 'bereaved mothers?
He that could forget is a
knaVe and fool"
Other members of the legisIa-
lure gravely told the advocates
or FEPC that their action would
enhance rather than diminish
racial prejudice. They warned
mat Communists are supporting
the bills in the various legisla-
lures Of the nation.
'UNSEEN SPONSORS
Rep. Ora Dillavou (R.. Urbanal
called the Communists the "11n-
seen sponsors" of the legisla.
ton.
Il VIII refresh your memory
be told the house. 'Last session
Wnen this plan was up, the 20
witnesses for the measure before
uhe house Judiciary committee
We're largely made up Of Com
mun1sts and Socialists.
i believe they were asked nor
to appear this time, but thew
want this bill to create distrust
and to create intolerance
Inc unseen sponsors wish IN
desttby QUIZ Ace enyertrisn
lney want to destroy our country.
And this bill will help them y
CHARGES lNSINcERITY
OF the bill with insincerity in
Dlllavou charged the sponsors
their anti-discrimination talk.
pointing out that the bill itself
eXempts employers of less than
SIX persons, and EMPLOYERS
AFFILIATED with religious, fraternal,
sectarian, educational or chart.
table organizations. If the spon-
sors has been sincere in their
'b1ll, he charged, they would have
accepted his amendment two
weeks ago to bring under the
law all employers.
representatives Nick Keller
and Harvey Pearson, both
Waukegan Republicans, split
openly on the bill, Keller CON
tended that if the bill becomes
law there will be less tolerance
In Illinois than there is now"
''T]he invisible forces off ,1aso
iutlon VIII join with hate and
intolerance" he said.
Pearson, a former Col organizer
and first termer, made HE
maiden GajcE speech en- the
Dill. Communists, he side. "feed
on our country's mistakes >
1'ney agitate and aggravate a
situation until infection sets in ;,
he said. ~
"WANT POISON TO sPREAny
'"Ihey scream about racial and,
religious tolerance. Thew Veil
about job discrimination and tha
crying need for fair employment
practices, but they don't do anv-
thing at all to solve the problems
lhey don't want them solved
1ney want the poison of thair
foul and obscene doctrines to
spread thru the economic blood
stream until the pollution is com.
plete and the time is ripe. Let's
remove this abscess Of ioh
discrimination"
Rep. Charles J. Jenkins CR
Chlcago) said the bill will make
'une education of Illinois now
erful business interests comn,,l
sorry In the matter of anti-die-
elimination. i IT
'They have been truant from
our democratic system" ~
shouted. ~
Under the terms Of the Hill
discrimination in employment
because of race, color. creed
national origin or ancest1n would
&c outlawed. The stinnlations
apply to labor unions as we'll AZ
employers. Enforcement would
by means nf oo,,,,+ o,I