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within the act, and upon determination as such by the Government Secretary or
the District Court, it must be so registered in the Office of the Government
Secretary.
The annual statement filed by such a club must include an affidavit by
the president and manager certifying that there is no discrimination in sales,
rentals or use of facilities based upon race, creed, color, national origin
or non-membership in the club.
Let me make this clear: Our law does not prohibit private clubs. It
has no application to any club organized and operated exclusively for pleas-
ure, recreation or other noncommercial purposes, which is supported by or
derives its funds entirely from dues and contributions from its membership.
What the law does is to prohibit a club -- along with other persons --
from selling or charging for food or drink or other commodity, facility or
service on a discriminatory basis.
When this legislation was under consideration many private clubs were
fearful. They implored me to stop or veto the bill. They asked for time to
consult with an eminent mainland firm of constitutional lawyers. We did not
delay the passage of the law. But I am pleased to advise that the eminent
counsel when consulted rendered their opinion that the law did not breach
the distinction between private rights of freedom of association in a true
private club and the proper interest of a society in eliminating the vice of
discrimination in public accommodations.
Does our law work? We think it does. We feel that the law reflects and
strengthens the will of the majority of all races and creeds, and prevents
that consensus from being enfeebled and undercut by a tiny group of bigots.
Calamity was prophesied when the law was under consideration. But in
fact the past three years have witnessed an increase in the number of
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