Extracts from statements made on June 11-12, 1970, by the then candidate for the post of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to the Senate Finance Committee, relating to integration methods, objectives, and policies. (JM)

Disputes the belief that there is some way to motivate people who are culturally different to become like whites: if Indian legal rights are protected only to the extent that the Indians conform to white society, then one is not talking about legal rights at all. (Author/JM)

Argues that the present state of confusion in regard to the legal status of the native American is a direct result of the government's failure to resolve the controversy between assimilation and separatism; the entire body of law dealing with native Americans is built upon these two conflicting themes. (Author/JM)

Examines the historical role of the Federal government in social programs and discusses implications of the "New Federalism" for minority groups and the economically disadvantaged. Holds that strong Federal participation is necessary if equality is to be achieved in the United States. (Author/GC)

Illustrates the assertion that Canada's constitutional protection of minority rights has been used throughout history against the poor to protect the rich. Gives several examples of government policies and actions against the poor, against immigrants, against workers, and against native Canadians. (Author/GC)