Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-26
Almond Brands
Civil Rights Bill
Insult 10 South
Virginia Official
Sees Proposed
Lows as Punitive

virginia Attorney General j
Lindsay Almond, jr., today de-
nounced pending civil rights
legislation as being aimed di-
Irectly and insultingly at the
Southern States"
Mr.. Almond called two bills
before a House Judiciary Sub
committee "shockingly punitive
in purpose and design" and in q
prepared statement at a COM
mittee hearing said:
1T was not conceived in re-
Spouse TO the demands of the
national interest, but engendereo
IN hate and motivated by politi-
cal expediency."
Fears for States Rights
The Virginian charged the leg
lislation is unconstitutional al
the outset and predicted the
commission that would be cre-
Iated viii grow into another per-
manent "tentacle to the Federal
octopus He warned it will
choke off the last vestige oil
States rights and will inf1ict or
some individuals the same "un-
warranted economic pressure
the measure is supposed to pro-
hibit against others.
Mr.. Almond denounced the
four-point civil rights program
recommended by the Eisenhower
administration and all sug-
eested civil rights legislation a.
a disastrous and unconstitutiona
attempt to impose civil wrongs.
He declared he was appalled,
by the incredible idea that the
President and Congress SHOULD
even think of creating such 8
FrankenStein's monster"
He described the pending bill.
as "incongruous, inconsistent anc
self defeating" He declared thai
IT amounted to an effort to zap.
ply a cure to an alleged disease
and then to diagnose what the
disease is"
Introduced by Tuck
A former Virginia Governor
Representative William M. Tuck
introduced Judge Almond to thu
subcommittee as probably the
next Governor Of that State.
The subcommittee listened with.
out interruption as the attorney
general read his long prepared
statement. When he finished hi
was not questioned.
Senator Thurmond. Democrat
of South Carolina. urged tht
subcommittee not to "foist" such
legislation on the American PEG.
pie as a form of tyranny"
/ Late today or tomorrow tn,
subcommittee planned to hold al
executive meeting with ever,
indication it will promptly rec.
ommend measure to the full
Judiciary Committee.
Senator Thurmond's testimon,
released in a prepared statemen
before the hearing warned
against confusing real civi
rights and so-called civil rights.
Opposes Tyranny
in other countries tyranny
has taken the forms of fascism
communism and absolute mon.
archy," the former South Caro-.
lima Governor said. Il do moi
want to see it foisted on tn,
American people under the ALA.
Iof civil rights. Everybody favor,
human rights. But 1t is a frauc
on the American people to pre-.
tend that human rights can Ions
endure without constitutions
restraint on the power o.
government.
The H o u sc Subcommittee,
headed by Representative Celler
Democrat of New York. incor,
porated in the hearing record
Justice Department Statement
that some FBI findings were a
variance with recent testimon;
of Louisiana Attorney Genera
Jack P. Gremillion concernin,
methods used in registerinI
Negro voters in his State.
Assistant Attorney Genera
Warren Olney wrote TO the sub,
committee as well as TO MI
Gremillion that FBI investiga,
lions of the handling OF votinI
registrations in 10 Louisiana
parishes disclosed that 8,55.
Negroes were challenged whel
they tried to register for tn,
1856 elections.
Mr. Olney challenged MI
Gremillion's claim that person
seeking TO register in Louisiana
had a free choice in selecting
the section of the Federal Con
stitution they wished to inter
pref as part OF the educationa
test.
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