Attorney General Tom C. Clark has issued a directive to all United States attorneys to protect the civil rights of minorities “to the full extent and intent of the Constitution and of statutory provisions.”
Pointing out increasing symptoms of intolerance, the Attorney General instructed that the attorneys “devote special attention and investigation to protection of all Americans in their civil liberties, regardless of race or color.
“Civil rights of minorities in this country were never under greater threat than at this time,” he said. “It is my purpose to protect human rights and civil liberties, wherever they are infringed, to the full extent and intent of the Constitution and of statutory provisions.”
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