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...bill would extend the life of the Civil Rights Commission until February 1968. Both the House bill and Dirksen amendments would provide new protection for persons appearing before the commission, and would require that commission proceedings in executive session could be made public only by vote of the commission...
...Dirksen amendment would specifically limit the curtailment of funds to those recipients of assistance actually found to be discriminating. For example, an entire state could not be shut out of all federal programs if only a particular city discriminated in a federal housing project...
...Many of Dirksen's amendments apply to this section. He would extend coverage to federal employment and union hiring halls and exempt Indian reservations and cases involving national security. He would eliminate the commission's right to file suits. Instead, it would investigate and could recommend that the Attorney General intervene in suits...
Under the Dirksen procedure, the commission would investigate a complaint in secret and, in those states or cities that have a Fair Employment Practices law, notify the local authorities, who would have 90 days to remedy the practice. If they failed, the commission would have 90 days to seek voluntary compliance. If that too failed-or there was no local law-it would notify the person who filed the claim, and that person could then file a federal civil suit. The court could, if it wished, delay the suit for another 90 days to let local officials or the federal...
...jury trial. If a jury trial were granted, a guilty verdict could result in a maximum jail term of six months and a $1,000 fine. If the case were decided by a judge, without a jury, the maximum sentence would be 45 days and $300. Under a Dirksen-Mansfield amendment, this jail term would be reduced to 30 days. Any contempt conviction could be appealed...