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dbing in many parts of the
country"
THE District proposal was
presented by DR.. Frank Cole
man, retired professor of his
tory at Howard University. He
offered this three point pro-
gram on behalf of the District
Republican Committee:
II. Legislation to make ef-
fective the purposes and rec
concentrations of the Civil
Rights Commission. %E
2. A permanent Civil Rights
Commission.
8. A permanent Fair EN-
ployment Practices Commis-
sion.
Mr. wilkins told the plat
form hearing that elimination
Of discrimination in schools
and in other fields has been
Eat a snail's pace" and added;
"1t has not kept faith with
gteat American precepts. It has,
become begged down in bare-
faced political opportunism and
selfishness."
ssSix year after the Supreme
Courts school decision, Mr..
wilkins said, there are still
,2.5 million Negro children in
segregated schools.
The sit-in demonstrations, he
said, provide "a dramatic re-
buttal of the time worn thesis
that Negro citizens are satisfied
with segregation.
Urges U. S. Assistance
In calling for the Federal
Government to provide TECH
nical assistance for communi-
ties attempting school desegre-
cation, Mr.. wilkins said:
"The Government, at pres
ent, offers assistance and liter
ature OH a vast number of
items. 1t instructs cattlemen
on hoof and mouth disease. 1t
counsels young mothers on
prickly heat among babies. 1t
tells gardeners about fertilizer
for roses and proper grass seed
for sandy soil. What kind of
super laissez-faire is it that
insists that Government must
not give technical aid grants
and advice-and moral leader
ship-to those localities which |
seek to desegregate public
schools"
Other subcommittee were
busy with hearings on foreign |
policy, defense and domestic
subjects.
Drawn Up for Nixon
They went through the hear
ings with all indications point
ing to final platform tailored |
to Vice President Nixon's views. |
The platform will hew to a |
middle line-and nothing all
the witnesses in the public !
hearings in the next two days |
will say can possibly change
this.
According to all available
opinion here, the platform will: |
/. Fully indorse the Eisen-
hover administrators foreign !
and military policies, and by
pass New York Gov. Nelson |
Rockefeller's call to boost mili-
tary spending.
2. Call for a firm voice
against Communist Russia and
take a specific position regard
ing Soviet Premier Khru-
shchev's overtures to the Cuban
Castro regime.
3. Emphasize the need for
sound economic policies, a ball
anced Federal budget and re-
tirement of the national debt
to underScore what the Repub-
lican policy makers consider "a
pie-in- -the-sky" platform
adopted by the Democratic con-
vention.,
4. Dispose of such controver-
sial subjects as the farm prob
lem and medical care for the
aged in broad fashion that
will allow Mr.. Nixon to write
out his own specific program
after he wins the Republican
nomination, as everyone here
expects he will without any diff
ficulty.
Specific Program Waits
According to a close aide, Mr..
Nixon's specific farm program
will not be unfolded until the
campaign gets under way in
September.
The same can be said for
the other politically vexing
problem of medical care for
the aged.
Mr.. Nixon, his close advisers
here say, will adhere to his
course of standing by the ad-
ministration'S position until 8,
the end of the session of Con-
gress, in August. Then, it is
said, he will begin expressing
his own views even if they may
differ from those entertained
by the President and his ad-
miniStration.
The groundwork for a Nixon
platform was laid yesterday
when the committee heard nine
witnesses, all but one following
the Nixon administration line.
The dissenting voice was that
of Gov. Rockefeller. His OBJ
jections, in the light of past
statements, seemed muted. He
asked, as he has before, for a
$3.5 billion increase in military
and civil defense expenditures.
Today, the committee heard
a farm leader urge that voters