Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-10

productive use of water that II
so obviously needs and protection
against disastrous flood.
If we fail in this, all the many
tasks that need to be done In
America could be accomplished
only at an excessive cost. by the
growth of a sitting bureaucracy
and eventually with a dangerous
degree of centralized control
over our national life.
In all domestic matters I be-
lieve that the people OF the
United States will expect OF
us effective action to remedy
past failure in meeting critical
needs.
! School Construction
High priority should be given
the school construction bill
This will benefit children of all
races throughout the country
and children of all races need
schools now. A program de-
signed to meet emergency needs
for more classrooms should be
enacted without delay. l am
hopeful that this program can
be enacted on its own merits
uncomplicated by provisions
dealing with the complex prob
lens of integration. l urge the
people in all sections of the
country to approach these prob
lens with calm and reason, with
mutual understanding and good
will and in the American tradi-
ton of deep respect for the
orderly processes of law and
justice.
should say here that we have
much reason to be proud Of the
progress our people are making
in mutual understanding-the
chief buttress of human and
civil rights. Steadily we are
moving closer to the goal of fair
and equal treatment of citizens
without regard to race or color.
But unhappily much remains to
be done.
Civil Rights Program
Last year the administration
recommended to the Congress a
four-point program to reinforce
civil rights. Tht program in
cluded:
/ l. Creation of q bipartisan
commission to investigate as
serted violations of civil rights
and to make recommendations;
/ 2. Creation of a civil rights
division in the Department of
Justice in charge of an assistant
attorney general;
3. Enactment by the Congress
OF new laws to aid in the en-
forcement of voting rights, and
4. Amendment OF the laws so
as to permit the Federal Gov
eminent to seek from the civil
courts preventive relief in civil
rights cases.
/ l urge that the Congress enact
this legislation.
Fiscal Inquiry Urged
Essential to the stable eco
nomic growth We seek is a
system Of well-adapted and eff
Icient financial institutions. l
believe the time has come to
conduct broad national inquiry
into the nature, performance
and adequacy OF our financial
system, both in terms of its
direct service to the whole
economy and in terms of its
functions as the mechanism
through which monetary and
credit policy takes effect. l be-
lieve the Congress should author
ize a commission of able and
qualified citizens to undertake
this vital inquiry. Out of their
findings and recommendations
the administration would de-
velop and present to the Con-
greSS any legislative proposals
that might be indicated for the
purpose of improving our flnan-
lcial machinery.
In this message it seems un-
necessary that l should repeat
recommendations involving our
domestic affairs that have been
urged upon the Congress during
the past four years, but which
in some instances did not reach
the stage Of completely salts
factory legislation.
The administration will.
through future messages either
directly from me or from heads
OF the departments and agencies,
transmit to the Congress recon-
mendations involving our finan-
cial and fiscal affairs, our
military and civil defenses; the
administration of justice; our
agricultural economy: our do
nestle and foreign commerce;
the urgently needed increase in
our postal rates; the develop
ment of our natural resources;
our labor laws. including our
labor management relation S
legislation. and vital aspects of
the health. education and well
fare of our people. There will
be special recommendations
dealing with such subjects as
atomic energy. the furthering
of public works, the continued
efforts to eliminate Government
competition with the businesses
Of tax-paying citizens.
A number of legislative recon-
mendations will be mentioned
specifically in my forthcoming
Budget Message, which will
reach you within the week. That
message will also recommend
such sums as are needed to i'm
plement the proposed action.
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