Telegram from Whitney Young, Jr. of the National Urban League to President Johnson, 4/2/65

as - LE/HUQ-7 The 301hite Mouse Wushington 1965 APR 2 PM 9 16 WA155 PD ZG NEW YORK NY APR 2 404P EST THE PRESIDENT THE WHITE HOUSE MILLIONS OF NEGROES EVERYWHERE FEEL TALLER AS AMERICANS BECAUSE OF YOUR CONSISTENT EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF NEGROES TO VOTE. YOUR STRONG LEADERSHIP TO MAKE THE 1965 CIVIL RIGHTS VOTING BILL EVEN MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAN ITS ORIGINAL PROPOSAL OF 3 WEEKS AGO IS MOST ENCOURAGING AND APPRECIATED BY COUNTLESS THOUSANDS WHO NOW SUPPORT THE EXPANDED BILL. WE STAND POSED TO BE OF ANY ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER YOU DEEM DESIRABLE WHITNEY M YOUNG JR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE. J 11466