"We shall ever build anew, that our children and their children, without distinction because of race, creed or color, may know the blessings of our free land... Fight for the elimination of discrimination in employment because of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry or sex... We recommend to Congress the submission of a constitutional amendment providing equal rights for men and women... The Republican Party points to an impressive record of accomplishment in the field of civil rights and commits itself anew to advancing the rights of all our people regardless of race, creed, color or national origin... The many Negroes who have been appointed to high public positions have played a significant part in the progress... The Republican Party has unequivocally recognized that the supreme law of the land is embodied in the Constitution, which guarantees to all people the blessings of liberty, due process and equal protection of the laws. It confers upon all native-born and naturalized citizens not only citizenship in the State where the individual resides but citizenship of the United States as well. This is an unqualified right, regardless of race, creed or color... We believe that true progress can be attained through intelligent study, understanding, education and good will. Use of force or violence by any group or agency will tend only to worsen the many problems inherent in the situation. This progress must be encouraged and the work of the courts supported in every legal manner by all branches of the federal government to the end that the constitutional ideal of the law, regardless of race, creed or color, be steadily achieved."