CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -- SENATE SECRECY AND THE A-11 PROGRAM

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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 22, 1998
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: April 5, 1964
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those convic infamous crited of bribery, perjury, or other Proposed Federal: The bill would create a pealed subsequently, that the House Sub-
Community Relations Service in the Depart- Committee on Defense A
There are no voting restrictions because ment of Commerce to assist States and cities ppropi'ia
of race, color, religion, national origin, or to solve difficulties arising from racial and certainly a great majority of the
of the
ancestry in Ohio; nor does Ohio require lit- friction. members of the Senate Subcommittee on
eracy tests prior to voting. CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION Defense Appropriations apparently had
Proposed Federal provision: In elections Ohio? The Ohio commission has been in no knowledge whatever, even of the be-
involving the Presidency and other Federal
offices, no voter can be barred because of existence since 1959, administering the Fair ginning of the development of the A-11.
Immaterial errors in registration applica- Employment and Public Accommodations During the past 3 years, there has been
tions, and the same standards must apply Acts as well as conducting educational and extensive testimony before that commit-
to all applicants. research programs. tee, discussing the B-70 and the RS-70.
The bill would create the assumption that Proposed Federal: The bill would extend The technical matters surrounding that
any person who has completed the sixth the life of the Federal Commission for 4 work tie in intimately wtih the develop-
grade shall be deemed literate enough to years and give it additional authority to ment of any supersonic plane, particu-
vote and stipulates that all literacy tests be serve as a clearinghouse for information. A larly in the area of mach 3.
written unless the applicant requests other- House amendment barred the Commission
wise. from investigating membership policies of I am greatly indebted to outside re-
It would speed disposal of discrimination private clubs and fraternal groups, porters s who have ferreted out a part of
suits by authorizing the Attorney General PUBLIC PROGRAMS the truth behind this matter. It is some-
or any defendant to request that a three- Ohio: Since 1935, Ohio has barred discrim- what difficult to understand how this
judge district court be convened to hear the inatory practices by contractors and sub- country could have spent $100 million to.
suit. An appeal would go directly to the contractors dealing with the State or its sub- $500 million In the development of a
Supreme Court. divisions. supersonic plane, which is probably-al-
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS Proposed Federal: Government agencies though we do not know-an improved
Ohio: Under a 1961 amendment to the would be authorized to withhold grants or manned Interceptor, without the Appro-
State Fair Employment Practices Act, there assistance programs from areas where dis- priations Committee having knowledge
are fines up to $500 and imprisonment up crimination is practiced, provided they In. of it.
to 90 days or both for denial of public ac- formed Congress beforehand and held a pub- I am informed by the distinguished
commodations because of race, color, re- lie hearing, chairman of the subcommittee, the sen-
llglon, national origin, or ancestry. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTVNr?T
Enforceniont Is by the Stato civil rights Ohio: The State Fair Employment Prac- 1' from Georgia nwl iger, RUSSELL]
it, and
commission, which acts on receipt of an that he he d d id have knowledge of it, and
any tices Act bans discrimination because of that he was fully informed. This does
sworn charge. The procedure involves in- race, color, religion, etc., on the part of em-
vestigation, conferences, conciliation at- ployers of four or more persons, employ- not evade the es on th t co of
in
mmittee every
tempts, and persuasion before public hear- ment agencies, or labor unions. Senator who serves on that co
ing and formal order. Proposed Federal: This section declares a the Senate, and every Representative
ve
Proposed Federal: All persons shall have national policy of freedom from discrimina- who serves on the corresponding com-
access without regard to race, color, religion, tion In opportunity for employment. It mittee in the House of Representatives,
or national origin to hotels and .places of would not become effective until a year after to account to the people of his own State
lodging (except those having five or fewer the bill is signed into law and in the initial and to the people of the United States
rooms for rent). eating establishments, places year would cover employers and unions with and to have knowledge of the functions
of amusement, gasoline stations, and any 100 or more workers or members.
place segregated by State of local law. This provision would be tightened grad-. Of the Government.
Private clubs are exempt except when ually until the fourth year of its effective- If we can develop 10 airplane w$500
their facilities are made available to cus- ness when it would cover those with 25 or' must have cost from $100 million to $500
tomers of one of the hotels, restaurants, or more workers or members. - million-the best estimate is $500 mil-
other places mentioned above. The law would be administered by an lion over the course of 2, 3, or 4 years,
Aggrieved persons themselves or the At- Equal Employment Opportunity Commis- no one knows how long-without the
torney General may bring action against sion of five members empowered to act in Appropriations Committees of the Con-
violations. The latter would be compelled complaints filed by individuals. It could gress having knowledge of such appro-
to seek corrective action from State or local bring legal action only after attempts to priations, questions arise as the source
agencies before going to court. settle cases by conciliation.
Contempt cases arising from failure to of the money, and where -was it hidden
The commission, however, would be re- in the budget.
comply with court orders could result In quired to work with State and local agen- Mr. President, I intend to pursue this
fines and imprisonment. The Attorney Gen- cies, such as that in Ohio, unless such agen- matter further, because in my opinion it
eral also would be authorized to file suits to cies were not performing effectively. a to
bas nadi ks rimination in public facilities such What form a Federal civil rights bill willsentative sentatve form gr of gf g threat overnmen nt. our repre-
take, if and when one is passed, is of course It repre-
PUBLIC SCHOOLS impossible to determine. The prolonged rents an abrogation of the right of Sen-
Ohio: The State's last school segregation Senate debate now appears to be some week, ators to know what is going on in the
law was repealed in 1886, and the courts away from the filibuster stage, and indi- Government and to bear the responsi-
have enjoined local boards from assigning cations are that the House version will be bility for the decisions which are made.
Negro children to all-Negro schools. toned down with Republican-sponsored A decision was made. It was made in
Proposed Federal: The bill would authorize amendments. our name, using hidden funds, and other
the Commissioner of Education and the At- Yet it is apparent that the impact of any methods to which I do not have access.
torney General to assist the States in de- bill enacted will be felt almost exclusively But, somehow, it was accomplished. I
segregation of schools. The latter would be In the South. For Ohio and the other 35
authorized to Institute civil actions to de- States with civil rights codes of one kind hope that the Secretary of Defense par-
segregate if voluntary measures failed. or another, it would mean only that Wash- ticularly, and anyone else who had
The education commissioner could conduct ington would' become a secondary .point of knowledge of these matters, will disclose
surveys, supply technical assistance to school recourse for those with grievances, real or the information to Congress at an early
authorities, issue grants for hiring and train- ,1 d, date.
ing personnel to deal with desegregation Mr. President, I ask unanimous con-
problems, and sponsor university institutes SECRECY AND THE A-11 PROGRAM sent to have printed in the RECORD an
for training teachers to handle those prob- article entitled "Less Than the Whole
lems. Mr, ALLOTT, Mr, President, will the Truth," written by Claude Witze and
As approved by the House, the bill specifi. Senator from Delaware yield?
cally prohibits action under this program to Mr. WILLIAMS of Delaware. I am Aprilpublished
9641 which discusses this situation n the Air Force magazine of
shift schoolchildren to correct racial im- glad to yield.
balance. In detail,
COMMUNITY RELATIONS time Mr. ago, Is poke brMr. President, a iefly as to the facts short objection, in the ts was ordered to be printed in RECORD,
Ohio: The Civil Rights Commission may surrounding the, announcement of the as follows:
create advisory agencies at the local level't0
foster better community relations. There President of the United States concern.
are local community relations agencies In Ing the A-11 program, Lass THAN
ClauWitze de TRUTH
Toledo, Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and It is Interesting (By Claude March 1
Colombo,, to note, from the testa- '? WASHINGTON, D.C,, Z1QarCh g,_There are
mony and the articles which have ap- substantial reasons Why public pressure
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