The Republican Partys pledge cannot be considered as accomplished by passage of the act in the 85th Congress. Particularly is this true when we consider the further plank in the 1956 Republican platform on civil rights. which stated: The Republican Party has unequivocally recognized that the supreme law of the land is embodied in the Constitution. which guarantees to all people the blessing of liberty. due process. and equal protection of the laws. It confers upon all nativeborn and naturalized citizens not only citizenship in the State where the individual resides but citizenship of the United States as well. This is an unqualified right. regardless of race. creed. or color. Were these but hollow wordspolitical sopswritten into a platform to attract a certain segment of our voting population. or were they words written into a party platform by a responsible political movement which intends to make good on its promise?
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