It has disturbed me that an attempt should be made to approach the matter in that way. namely. to provide in the bill: (c) Congress further finds that many persons have been subjected to arbitrary and unreasonable voting restrictions on account of their race or color. that literacy tests and other performance examinations have been used extensively to effect arbitrary and unreasonable denials of the right to vote. and that existing statutes are Inadequate to assure that all qualified persons shall enjoy the right to vote. It seems to me that if the Civil Rights Commission has made a report which would provide some basis for a finding like that. that that ought to be the basis upon which the Department of Justice should go into court and ask for an appropriate restraint.
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