The existence of nation-wide racial and religious prejudice in the United States is reported in a publication issued by the Library of Congress as a guide to members of Congress. The publication vas prepared by W. Brooke Graves, American Government export in public administration. “It cannot be too strongly emphasized that the problems of prejudice and discrimination are country-wide,” Graves declares. He points out that while the Jews and the Negroes are the moat numerous of the minorities, other minority groups are similarly victims of local prejudice in various sections of the country.
“Legislative act or edict cannot eliminate prejudice,” he states. “But the outward, social manifestation of prejudice can be corrected by legislation and per-haps only by legislation.” He cites the fact that state anti-discrimination laws “appear to have worked satisfactorily under existing conditions.”
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