DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE Dr. Duncan Howlett, Chairman Reverend E. Franklin Jackson, Vice Chairman Eugene Davidson Dean Paul R. Dean Dean Patricia R. Harris George E. C. Hayes Frank J. Luchs Mrs. Henry Munroe Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Ben D. Segal, Chairman, Special Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity Sterling Tucker Henry Kellogg Willard II SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (organizations listed for identification only) Ben D. Segal, Chairman, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, AFL-CIO Gilbert Ankeney, Vice Chairman, The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Washington Leonard Aries, National Conference of Christians and Jews Ruth Bates, District of Columbia Commissioners' Council on Human Relations Joseph Beavers, President, Washington Negro American Labor Council Harry Boyd, Potomac Electric Power Company Mrs. George T. Brown, Chairman, Maryland Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights Eugene Davidson, President, Washington Real Estate Brokers Association Patrick Deck, President, Merchants and Manufacturers' John Feild, Potomac Institute Isaac Franck, Executive Director, Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington Madeline Furth, District of Columbia League of Women Voters Aaron Goldman, President, Macke Vending Company George E. C. Hayes, Attorney at Law Reverend E. Franklin Jackson, President, District of Robert T. Keith, Washington Gas Light Company Frank McGuigan, Secretary, Greater Washington Central Dr. C. J. Nuesse, President, Catholic Interracial Council Local 473 Very Reverend Francis B. Sayre, Jr., Dean of the Washington Cathedral Donald Slaiman, AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Robert L. Wearring, District of Columbia Apprenticeship Council COMMISSION ACKNOWLEDGMENT Although the United States Commission on Civil Rights has maintained State Advisory Committees in all States of the Union since its establishment, the District of Columbia Advisory Committee is of relatively recent origin. It was organized in the Spring of 1962 to keep the Commission advised of civil rights developments in this important community and to supplement Commission activities in the District. Under the very able leadership of Dr. Duncan Howlett, the District group soon established itself as one of our most active, energetic, and effective Advisory Committees. The Commission is particularly indebted to the District of Columbia Advisory Committee for its inquiry into equal employment opportunities in the Washington area. By means of the establishment of a Special Committee (ad hoc) on Equal Employment Opportunity, a working group of 25 leaders in the fields of business, labor, and human relations was associated with this important effort. All of them were uncompensated, and neither a budget nor a staff could be provided. The fact that the Special Committee produced this outstanding report in spite of limitations and obstacles is a special tribute to all of the members and especially to the Chairman, Mr. Ben Segal. On behalf of the Commission, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to the District of Columbia Advisory Committee and to its Special Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity for the preparation, production, and submission of this report. This is an important and substantial contribution on the part of citizens who are intimately familiar with the Washington scene. It is our hope that the sense of seriousness and urgency which is so forcibly and persuasively expressed in this report will not be lost on the agencies of Government to which the recommendations are addressed. This report demonstrates beyond question that the need for action is immediate; all excuses for further delay and procrastination have been exhausted. BERL I. BERNHARD U.S. Commission |