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Meanwhile, the HRLU, YDCHR, and HYRC are proceeding with their plans to campaign for the passage of the Mansfield-Dirksen civil rights bill, including door-to-door distributions and dining room tables...
...YDCHR president said yesterday that Edward M. Kennedy's decision to run for the Senate seat vacated by his brother in 1960 was "extremely preeumptuous" in view of the younger Kennedy's "total lack of experience...
...Kennedy, McCormack warmly praised the legislative record of the New Frontier. The discussion with the Young Democrats ended when a McCormack aide announced "Larry O'Brien is here from the White House." O'Brien, who is Kennedy's chief Haison man with Congress, shook hands with members of the YDCHR group. Then, he and McCormack withdrew for a huddle...
Most of the 15 YDCHR members who heard Walter were generally impressed by him and agreed with his observation that HUAC is not "bloodthirsty" as its critics maintain. After Walter spoke to the group, Alfred M. Nittle, the Committee's counsel, spent 45 minutes defending HUAC's legality in response to questions. Nittle claimed that Chief Justice Earl Warren offered "a gratuitous insult to the people" when he asked what un-American meant in a recent dissenting opinion. "The term is no more vague than due process," Nittle pointed out, "which the Court has no trouble trying to interpret...
...begin the series of conferences the YDCHR group will be briefed by State Department officials on American policy towards Cuba at 9:30 a.m. today...