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not the problem of the state, but was a problem of
discrimination in public matters, public areas, and that
what ought to be banned was public discrimination as
opposed to private discrimination.
However, a majority of the committee did not
feel also that that was a meaningful concept, and decided,
and this is the majority of the committee, decided that
the most meaningful, precise and correct statement of dis-
crimination could be made by the simple adoption of due
process and equal protection from the Federal 14th Amend-
ment, and that is what you have before you.
That is the committee majority report.
There is a great deal of merit in that. Due
process and equal protection have provided the greatest
area of growth and the destruction of discrimination in
this country that any language or any concept has ever
permitted.
The concept of due process and the concept of
equal protection under the laws is deeply rooted in the
English system. The majority of the committee felt that
you could not do any better.