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q ENACTMENT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL WILL CHALLENGE
ALL AMERICANS TO JOIN IN AN AFFIRMATIVE VOLUNTARY EFFORT
TO PRESERVE ORDER AND TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF EQUAL
TREATMENT AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL AMERICANS. TO ENCOURAGE
AND ASSIST THIS VOLUNTARY CITIZENS! EFFORT, A COMMUNITY
RELATIONS SERVICE WILL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE BILL UNDER
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE LUTHER HODGES AND A DIRECTOR SOON
ITO BE NAMED. THE SERVICE WILL ASSIST COMMUNITIES IN
PREVENTING OR RESOLVING RACIAL DISPUTES AND TENSIONS
THE CONSTANT WILL APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE
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TELEGRAM
THROUGH REASON, PERSUASION, AND CONCILIATION°
1 WHEN THE BILL IS SIGNED, I INTEND TO APPOINT A
NATION-WIDE COMMITTEE OF DISTINGUISHED CITIZENS FROM ALL
WALKS OF LIFE WHO WILL AUGMENT THE WORK OF THE
COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE. I WANT AS ITS MEMBERS
LEADING AMERICANS WHO WILL LEND THEIR INFLUENCE, THEIR
SKILL, AND THEIR TIME TO THE CRUCIAL TASK OF FOSTERING
VOLUNTARY OBSERVANCE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL.
91 I DEEPLY HOPE YOU WILL ADVISE ME BY RETURN TELEGRAM
THAT YOU WILL SERVE ON THE NATIONAL CITIZENS COMMITTEE
FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS, WHICH WILL BE ESTABLISHED AND
TILE COMPANY WILL A APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE
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1964 JUL I pm- m
'PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED ONLY AFTER FINAL PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
I IT IS CONTEMPLATED THAT AFTER THE ORGANIZATION OF
THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE THERE WILL BE A MEETING
OF THIS CITIZENS COMMITTEE AT WHICH TIME THE DIRECTIONS
OF THE OVER-ALL NATIONAL PROGRAM WILL BE FULLY SPELLED
OUT AND YOUR OWN ROLE WILL BE MORE CLEARLY DEFINED.
I URGE YOU AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN TO USE YOUR
LEADERSHIP IN THE MEANTIME TO PROMOTE A SPIRIT OF
ACCEPTANCE AND OBSERVANCE IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY AND
BUSINESS AREA
LYNDON B JOHNSON.
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THE COMPANY WILL APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS PROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE