Revised Draft, "A Bill To Provide Means of Further Securing and Protecting the Civil Rights of Persons Within the Jurisdiction of the United States"

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UNCLASSIFIED 6/17/59 gif Initial Date Revised Draft of 2/3/48 of Omnibus Civil Rights Bill. A BILL To provide means of further securing and pro- tecting the civil rights of persons within the jursidiction of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act, divided into Titles and Parts according to the following table of contents may be cited as the "Civil Rights Act of 1948". TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE I -- PROVISIONS TO STRENGTHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MACHINERY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS. Part 1 -- Establishment of a Commission on Civil Rights in the Executive Branch of the Government. Part 2 -- Reorganization of Civil Rights Activities of the Department of Justice. Part 3 -- Creation of a Joint Congressional Com- mittee on Civil Rights. AND NATIONAL ADMIN RAMENT