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Ta ra . FD-350. (Rev. 7-16-53) é ¥. Toe (Mount Clipping in Space Below) Justice Dept. Criticized ustice Dept. Criticize lems is the ‘intensity of .the problem.” The matter is extremely in- tense in the South now, he pointed out, but in a matter of a few brief years this same intensity will grip the North. The educator cited a case in Sylma, Ala., last October when FBI. agents and Justice De- partment attorneys stood by on the steps of a Federal court- house and watched as local , officials arrested two Negro | students on Federal property, then drag them through the streets because they sought to register to vote. In this instance, he asserted, Federal officials completely abrogated their responsibili- | ties. By WILLIAM J. LEWIS The Justice Department under direction of Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy has failed to prosecute civil rights vio- Jations and protect the Negro against white violence with the diligence demanded by the situation, a Southern college professor declared here Friday. Speaking at the business and professional division luncheon meeting of the American Jewish Congress at 72 Franklin st., Dr. Howard Zinn, former professor of po- litical science at Spelman Col- lege, Atlanta, Ga, said that what is needed in the South is “on-the-spot enforcement” of civil rights. He contended that the Fed- BAe Zinn recommended as a spur | eral government is “reluctant = to desegregation a stepping-up to do this,’ and Justice De- ROBERT KENNEDY of Federal expenditures in) partment officials etuse to public areas where laws pre-; arrest local officials’ whom _._|vent discrimination in hiring. : they observe in the act of nee Ken ned oe ont He also proposed that Amer-| violating the civil rights of rights laws with the same dili- ican business play a major role | Negroes. ; gence as he pursues crimes in solving the nation’s racial Appointments to the Federalicuch as bank robberies and problems by ending discrimi-, District Court bench in South-| mail thefts.” natory practices and agree- ern states by the Kennedy ad- ° ments that violate fair play to ministration are “notoriously| In discussing what he termed all color and ethnic groups. bad,” Zinn asserted. He wasjthe Executive responsibility inj} Even stockholders in corpo- yharshly critical of Atty. Gen.{civil rights matters, Zinn in-|rations can assist by loudly andi ‘Kennedy appearing in theisisted that the only difference|persistently voicing their pro- ‘South to defend the calibre of,between the North and the tests and demanding an end to judges his late brother named) South with regard to segrega-|bias in every area of life, Zinn to the district courts. tion and related racial prob-jsaid. owe er (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) _3 BOSTON GLOBE Bostons Mass. ___ BOSTON HERATD Boston, Masse BOSTCN TRAVELER Bostons Masse CHRISTIAN SC TENCE MONITOR, - Boston, Masse RECORD AMERICAN Boston, Masse pate: 1/4/64 Edition: Final Author: Wilitam J. Lewis Edito: Victor O. Jones Title: dustice Dept. Criticized ALL DYPORMATION CONTAINED Character: DATE At %, uo b NLS EP(LO~ Classification Ay Zo SAO Submitting OfficeBOSTON | Being Investigated