Madam President. no journalist has endeavored more persistently or consistently to alert the Nation to the true issue involved in the current debate on the socalled literacy test bill than has the respected columnist and editor. David Lawrence. His editorial in the current issue of U.S. News & World Report is the most succinct and forceful summation of the question yet written. Mr. Lawrence minces no words in pointing out that a desire to cater to minorities has caused many lawmakers "to forget the basic principles of constitutional law and to take refuge in the questionable doctrine that the end justifies the means." He points out with complete documentation that the Constitution plainly vests in the States the power to prescribe voter qualifications. and warns that the setting of a precedent of ignoring the Constitution for expedience in the current instance could result in the States losing all their rights.
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