President Truman indicated yesterday that he would take action “right away” to translate his civil rights program into legislation, a delegation of the National Citizens Council on Civil Sights, headed by Herbert Bayard Swope, which called on the President, reported here.
Stating that Mr. Truman intended to send his civil rights program to Capitol Hill soon, Mr. Swope-revealed that the President said he had several bills in preparation on the subject. Mr. Swope described the President’s determination to push the civil rights program “as the most courageous thing that has been done since Abraham Lincoln.” Other members of the delegation included former Secretary of War “Robert P. Patterson and Morris L. Ernst.
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