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Communication Obstacles

Speaking against attachment to
symbols and stressing the need for
communication, understanding and
reconciliation the Governor said, "There
appears to me to be disproportionate attention
to various symbols and even words, code words,
and so forth and it gives me great concern
because the whole thing is hindering
communications of all people that I believe
honestly are trying to solve some of the
problems, such as the overall need for an honest
reconciliation of race relations."

The Governor further added that these
symbols and their use often does represent an
exercise in free speech which is protected by
the First Amendment of the Constitution.