Letters: Jul. 3, 1964

Civil Rights Bill

Sir: The only unhappy part about the civil rights bill [June 19] is that there ever existed the need for it.

PATRICIA CHERONE Glendale, Calif.

Sir: With God's help, I hope Americans will accept their moral responsibility by doing what they can to make life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness a reality for Negro people as well as white.

DAVID W. MANDYCK Afton, N.Y.

Sir: The civil rights bill is not "the product of national demand." You should have said "the product of noisy minorities who terrify politicians."

DARRELL C....

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