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HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

JAN 7 1957

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIAR VISION

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 900 (Antilynching); S. 902 (Civil Rights Division);
S. 903 (Political Participation); H. R. 5205 (Armed
Forces); S. J. Res. 29 (Qualification of Electors);
S. Con. Res. 8 (Joint Congressional Committee); S. 904
(Labor-Peonage); S. 905 (Supplement Existing Stat-
utes); S. 906 (Civil Rights Commission); S. 907
(Omnibus Bill); S. 1089 (Armed Forces); S. 3604 (Addi-
tional Assistant Attorney General); S. 3605 (Bipartisan
Commission); S. 3415 (Federal Commission); S. 3717
(Strengthen Statutes); S. 3718 (Right To Vote)

APRIL 24, MAY 16, 25, JUNE 1, 12, 25, 26, 27, AND JULY 6 AND 13, 1956

79992

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1956

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CONTENTS

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129

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Goodrich, Ernest W., Esq., Surry, Va

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Humphrey, Hon. Hubert, a United States Senator from the State of
Minnesota._.

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Malin, Patrick Murphy, executive director, American Civil Liberties
Union, New York, N. Y.

134

Patterson, Hon. Joe T., the attorney general from the State of Missis-
sippi

225

Perez, Judge Leander H., district attorney, Plaquemines-St. Bernard
District, Louisiana_.

325

Rodman, Hon. William B., Jr., the attorney general from the State of
North Carolina_.

197

Wilkins, Roy, executive secretary, National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, New York, N. Y
Williams, George Washington, Esq., Baltimore, Md.

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Exhibits:

Notice of hearings on proposed civil-rights legislation in Congressional
Record of April 23, 1956..

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Letter dated September 8, 1955, to Hon. Harley M. Kilgore from
William P. Rogers, Deputy Attorney General.

Copy S. 904_

Letter dated February 8, 1955, to Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., re-
questing report on S. 904.-

Letter dated April 19, 1955, to Hon. Harley M. Kilgore from William

P. Rogers, Deputy Attorney General..

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Copy S. 1089

Letter dated March 8, 1955, to Hon. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary,
Department of Defense, requesting report on S. 1089__

Copy S. 3415....

Letter dated March 14, 1956, to Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., re-
questing report on. S. 3415.

Copy S. 3604.

Supporting data on S 3604 from the Attorney General Brownell is to
be found on page 67 of this hearing-

Copy S 3605

Supporting data on S. 3605 from the Attorney General Brownell is to
be found on page 68 of this hearing-

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Hon. Hubert Humphrey, a United States Senator from the State
of Minnesota_.

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David H. Scull, Friends Committee on National Legislation___.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1956

UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, Washington, D. C.

The committee met at 2:15 p. m., pursuant to notice, in room 424, Senate Office Building, Hon. James O. Eastland (chairman) presiding.

Present: Senators Eastland (presiding), Hennings, Johnston of South Carolina, Jenner, Dirksen, Welker, and Butler.

Also present: Senator Humphrey, Robert B. Young, professional staff member, and Richard F. Wambach, assistant to counsel. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order.

The Chairman thought that at this first meeting Mr. Young should be assigned to these bills, for the reason that he has always handled bills of this nature in the Judiciary Committee for the full committee.

He will take each bill-and give the meaning, stating what is in each bill. And then after that we will discuss proceedings.

Senator HENNINGS. Mr. Chairman, may I inquire, are there now bills pending?

Mr. YOUNG. Twelve.

Senator HENNINGS. There have been four reported by the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights.

Mr. YOUNG. Right.

The CHAIRMAN. Sixteen bills all together, as I understand it. Mr. YOUNG. One of the bills is before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments. Four have been reported by the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights. That leaves 12 bills pending, but all of them are going to be introduced into the record today. The CHAIRMAN. Proceed, Mr. Young.

Mr. YOUNG. First, Mr. Chairman, I would like to introduce in the record the notice of this hearing on page 6008, Congressional Record of April 23, 1956.

(The notice referred to was marked "Exhibit 1" and is as follows:)

NOTICE OF HEARINGS ON PROPOSED CIVIL-RIGHTS LEGISLATION BY
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

Mr. EASTLAND. Mr. President, on behalf of the Committee on the Judiciary, I desire to announce that beginning at 2 p. m. Tuesday, April 24, 1956, there will be a hearing on proposed civil-rights legislation in the committee room, 424 Senate Office Building.

Mr. YOUNG. Secondly, I would like to introduce in the record the excerpt from the committee minutes of a week ago, Monday, April 16,

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