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    "ocrText": "MINORITY REPORT ON THE LONGORIA\nI deeply regret the necessity of filing a minczaty report in the\nmatter pertaining to alleged discrimination in the hendling of the\nbody of Felix Longoria, I respect the ability and intagrity of each\nmember of the investigating committee. Sincere men may in the\ninterpretation of evidence and their subsequent conclusions. I, the1\nforo, could not conour in their majority roport without violating bot\nmy sonse of justice and my intellectual honesty.\nThe duty of this committee was to establish the accuracy or in-\naccuracy of conflicting reports alloging that discrimination had been\nshown in tho handling of Felix Longoria's funeral arrangements. Mr.\nKennedy, the ownor of the funeral home at Throo Rivors was the only\nperson who had the opportunity to discriminate, and I shall concern\nmyself solely with his words and actions in rolation to allegod dis-\ncrimination betwoon January 8, 1949, through January 11, 1949. The\npertinont facts are briofly those:\nOn tho 8th of January, 1949, Mrs. Boatrice Longoria triod to\navail herself of the uso of the funoral homo chapel for hor husband's\nfuneral. In the tostimony sho stated that Mr. Konnedy said, \"He\ncouldn't do it bocauso the white would objoct to it.\" Mr. Konnedy\nstated in the testimony that ho discouraged the use of the chapel be-\ncause he foarod troublo botwoon mombors of the Longoria family and\nthat his discouragement hed nothing to do with the recial origin of\nthe doccased. Ho donicd tolling Longoria that \"white poople\nmight objoct. Thore is ovidenco in the rocord that the fathor and\nbrother of the decoasod woro arrostod for fighting with a man in 1947.\nMr. Konnedy had hoard of this troublo and stated that such trouble and\nfear of futuro trouble wero the solo roasons for his discouragemont\nof the uso of tho chapel.\nMrs. Longoria left Throe Rivors on January 8, apparently satis-\nfiod to hold the funcral sorvices in her homo as suggostod by Mr.\nKennody. She proceedod to Corpus Christi and on January 10, contact-\nod through her sister, Dr. Hoctor P. Garcia, Prosidont of the Amori-\ncan GI Forum, an organization consisting primerily of Latin Amorican\nVetorans. She told Dr. Garoia of the facts and said that sho dosired\nthe use of the chapol. Dr. Garcia phoned Mr. Kennody and so request-\nod it on behalf of Mrs. Longoriu. Mr. Konnedy repliod that he could\nnot do it because \"Tho whites wouldn't liko it.\" Dr. Garcia then\n[1 of 2]"
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