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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Sen. Jacob K. Javits announced plans to introduce a civil rights bill in the August congressional session, incorporating Republican platform pledges on voting rights, attorney general suits, job opportunities commission, and filibuster rules. He seeks bipartisan co-sponsorship. Sen. Styles Bridges predicted it, noting possible Southern filibuster. Rep. Walter Rogers criticized it as bloc voting pitch, while Sen. Harrison A. Williams praised platform commitments.
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WASHINGTON (UPI) - Sen. Jacob K. Javits said Sunday he plans to introduce in the August session of Congress a bill embodying "every major civil rights pledge in the Republican platform."
He said he will invite a Democratic senator to co-sponsor the legislation "to demonstrate the spirit of bi-partisan cooperation."
The New York Republican's announcement, issued in a statement, bore out a prediction today by Sen. Styles Bridges (R-N.H.) that such a measure would be forthcoming in the post convention session.
Bridges, chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, also said he "wouldn't be surprised" if the rights move encounters a Southern filibuster.
Javits said his bill would deal (Continued on Page 4, Col. 5)
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specifically with further safeguards of voting rights: authorization for the attorney general to bring civil suits on behalf of those charging denial of any rights; establishment of a federal commission on job opportunities, and modification of Senate rules which permit the filibuster.
The New Yorker, a leading supporter of civil rights legislation, said the GOP rights plank was an "honest, realistic" one which included legislative proposals that already have received bi-partisan support in both houses.
Democratic Rep. Walter Rogers, Tex., charged meanwhile that the strong civil rights planks in both party platforms represented a pitch for "bloc voting by so-called minority groups."
On the other hand, Sen. Harrison A. Williams, Jr., D-N.J., said both Democratic and Republican platform commitments promised "great changes," many of which he predicted would be turned into "legislation which will serve all Americans."
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Sen. Jacob K. Javits plans to introduce a bill in the August session of Congress embodying every major civil rights pledge in the Republican platform, inviting a Democratic co-sponsor for bipartisan cooperation. The bill addresses voting rights safeguards, attorney general civil suits for rights denials, a federal job opportunities commission, and Senate filibuster rule modifications. Sen. Styles Bridges predicted the measure and possible Southern filibuster. Rep. Walter Rogers criticized platform planks as bloc voting pitch; Sen. Harrison A. Williams praised commitments for future legislation.