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- the urgency of a comprehensive and
effective attack
up~n
the problems of urban America.
He emphasized
that as far as the rioting in Los Angeles is concerned: .
.••we cannot let the .actions of three or four thousand
rioters stay our compassion
- with the Democratic convention or the campaign in
1960?
C:
No. I was not there, have never been beyond a county convention. I've been to the Dallas
County convention, but never to the state convention. I've been to precinct conventions in
Dallas a good many times
- involved chance, to set it off. I
would say that many riots were prevented by wise action and cool heads. The riots
tended, up until the riots that followed the assassination of Dr. King, to arise from a police
incident that could have been avoided
- Burke Marshall was confirmed, and this delayed somewhat any initiative action in
the civil rights field. In fact, delayed it until the freedom-rider episodes during the summer
of 1961, when on several occasions we had people including the Deputy Attorney
- for repressive legislation would be even greater
without affirmative action by the administration. We had been building up toward this for
a couple of years anyway. So we went forward.
B:
May I ask here because it's a part of the bill: Am I correct in assuming
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in the selection of grand and petit juries in State courts.
To enforce the prohibition, the Attorney General would be
authorized to initiate civil actions for appropriate re
lief
agains~
State jury officials who engage in dis
criminatory selection practices
