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Miss Bowie told - she talked with the little USSR
mon vhom the YUgoslav told her was a member of the NEVD.
Se spesks good English and told her she vould be velcome in
Moscow, but too may people came there just to criticize.
She said they should be able to take it, and he replied that
they vere still too new to stand it, which vas sn interesting
sdmission.
I had quite a talk with Mr. Morosov and explained
to his in detail just vity we had to fight for a federal-state
clause, that ve sight not win but ve had to fight for it
because without it, & trosty of this kind sight not be con-
sidered constitutional and vould stand very little chance of
being accepted by our Senate. I explained to him that education
was . state function, that things touching on the economic,
culturil and social rights vere many of them in state jurisdic-
tion. I elso illustrated for him the fact that on trains
now, because the Federal Government could control inter-state
comperce, ve had been able to do exay with segregation, but we
could not through federal edict do avay with it in all the states.
That had to come by state action and in a democracy you could
not order, the people to be persuaded to do it themselves -
He is a jurist and so is his int repreter and I think they under-
stood very vell. Vont they vill make of it and what the next
attack will contain because of it, remsins to be seen.
They vere very enxious to have - see some photo-
graphs (when I vent to their house for a reception). Mr.
Charles Malik took ne into the room to show them to - and one
of their young men hovered around to hear = comments. They
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