Draft Press Release from the President's Committee on Civil Rights

H FROM: PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS File FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FT Washington, D. C., February 6 The President's Committee on Civil Rights concluded its second session, a two day meeting undertook at the White House today. The committee comploted a general exploration of the civil liberty problem and authorized a further examination of separate phases of it by subcommittees. Mr. Charles E. Wilson, Chairman, announced the appointment of members to the following subcommittees: (1) A committee to consider and determine the adequacy of existing federal legislation and to recommend proposed new legis- lation: The Right Reverend Henry Knox Sherrill, Francis P. Matthews, Dr. Frank P. Graham, John S. Dickey and Mrs. Sadie T. Alexander. soundecmonical (2) A committee to consider the problem aspects of promoting the cause of civil liberty throughout the country: Charles Luckman, The Most Reverend Francis J. Haas, James B. Carey, Channing H. Tobias and Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn. NATIONAL TRUMAN ARCHIVES AND RECORDE SERVICE (3) A committee to consider the work of private organizations. whose activities affect civil rights, (with the possibility of recommending gisletion requiring registration by such groups and publicity as to their financial support and other matters): Morris L. Ernst, Mrs. M. E. Tilly, Borish Shishkin and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. Mr. Wilson also announced that Mr. Dickey and Mr. Roosevelt as Vice - chairmen of the Committee and would serve'|with him as an executive committee. Mr. Robert K. Carr was appointed by the committee to serve as executive secretary and offices have been established at 1712 G Street. and chriman of the Mr. Carr # Government at Dartmouth (MORE) -1-