Cabinet Paper - The Civil Rights Program - Letter and Statement by the Attorney General

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CABINET PAPER-PRIVILEGED CP - 56-48/3 Property of the White House-For Authorized Persons Only April 10, 1956 The white House Washington THE CABINET The Civil Rights Program - Letter and Statement by the Attorney General The attached approved paper, and its appendix, are circulated for the information of the Cabinet. The approved paper is the letter which was sent on April 9, 1956 by the Attorney General to the Vice President and to the Speaker of the House, and released to the press on the same day. This letter was approved by the President subsequent to the Cabinet meeting of March 23, 1956 (of RA - 56-48, Item 2). As an appendix to the letter, there is also circulated a copy of the Attorney General's statement on the civil rights program, given on Tuesday April 10, 1956 before the House Judiciary Committee. Maxwell M. Rabb B a Secretary to the Cabinet CABINET PAPER For Action