Vote Subject Matter:
Civil Liberties
/ Domestic Social Policy
Bill number: HR8601
Description: HR 8601. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1960. MC CULLOCH-CELLER AMEND. EMBODYING THE ADMIN.'S PROPOSAL FOR COURT-APPOINTED REFEREES TO HELP NEGROES REGISTER AND VOTE WHEN THE COURT HAS FOUND THAT A "PATTERN OR PRACTICE" OF DISCRIMINATION EXISTED.
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