Eisenhower On Rights Bill
(Rec. 10 p.m.) WASHINGTON, August 2. President Eisenhower said today that the jury trial provision added to the Civil Rights Bill by the Senate threatened to weaken the judicial system of the United States. It would make the Bill “largely ineffective” in protecting the rights of all Americans to vote, he said.
Mr Eisenhower' gave his views in a statement. He said that the 51-42 vote guaranteeing jury trials in criminal contempt cases would be “bitterly disappointing” to many millions of Americans in that it would have the effect of leaving great numbers of qualified voters disenfranchised. The White House press secretary, Mr James Hagerty, who said Mr Eisenhower dictated the statement to him. declined to tell reporters whether the President would veto the Bill if finally passed by Congress in the form of the Senate measure.
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28347, 5 August 1957, Page 11
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