Six national leaders of the three major religious faiths in the United States issued a joint statement today urging both the Republican and Democratic parties to adopt a “fair elections practices declaration” eliminating racial and religious prejudice from the 1954 Congressional campaigns. The Jewish signers of the statement are Irving M. Engel, president of the American Jewish Committee; and Dr. Julius Mark, rabbi of Temple Emanu-El here.
The statement calls upon both parties to set up machinery for policing the campaigns to guard against the use of prejudice by candidates or their parties or adherents. Copies of the statement were sent to the national chairmen of both major parties.
At the same time, the Anti-Defamation League here announced that, in Colorado, the Republican and Democratic candidates for Governor and Senator have signed pledges that they will campaign without appeals to racial or religious prejudice.
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