"We believe that the federal government should take supplemental action within its constitutional jurisdiction to oppose discrimination against race, religion or national origin... We will prove our good faith by appointing qualified persons, without distinction of race, religion or national origin, to responsible positions in the government... We will prove our good faith by federal action toward the elimination of lynching. Federal action toward the elimination of poll taxes as a prerequisite to voting... We will prove our good faith by appropriate action to end segregation in the District of Columbia... We will prove our good faith by enacting Federal legislation to further just and equitable treatment in the area of discriminatory employment practices... We recommend to Congress the submission of a Constitutional Amendment providing equal rights for men and women; we favor legislation assuring equal pay for equal work regardless of sex... We favor eventual statehood for Puerto Rico... Upon this statement of truths and this pledge of performance, the Republican Party stands confident that it expresses the hopes of the citizens of America and certain that it points out with integrity a road upon which free men may march into a new day—a new and better day, in which shall be fulfilled the decent aspirations of our people for peace, for solvency and for the fulfillment of our best welfare, under the guidance of divine providence."