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Commission in a historic report to secure these rights
stated leadership by the Federal Government in safe-
guarding civil rights does not mean exclusive action by
that government.
There is much that the states and the local
governments can do -in this field and much that they alone
can do. In certain areas, they must do far more than
parallel Federal action, either for Constitutional reasons--
this must remain the primary duty of the state in its
protection of its citizens' rights and it went on to
also call attention to administrative reasons.
As I have talked with the delegates in the
Convention, I understand anew the tragedy of racial segre-
gation and racial isolation and separation in this coun-
try because there are many good men and women in this
state of good will,but they do not understand the serious-
ness of this problem nor the extent to which it is en-
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trenched nor the damaging effects which affect both the
dominant majority and the oppressed minority.
Our governor has given -- our present governor
has given constructive leadership in this area, our former
governor who sits as a delegate to this Convention also