HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

GENERAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

O'N

H.R. 405 and Similar Bills

TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT IN CERTAIN CASES BECAUSE OF RACE, RELIGION, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ANCESTRY, OR AGE

22-652

HEARINGS HELD IN TEANECK, N.J., APRIL 22, 1963;
WASHINGTON, D.C., APRIL 30; MAY 3, 7, 21, 24, 27, 28, 29,
AND JUNE 6, 1963

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor

ADAM C. POWELL, Chairman

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1963

Carey, James B., president, International Union of Electrical Radio

& Machine Workers, AFL-CIO; secretary-treasurer, Industrial

Union Department, AFL-CIO..

Case, Hon. Clifford P., a U.S. Senator from the State of New Jersey

Cohelan, Hon. Jeffery, a Representative in Congress from the State

of California_.

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Collins, Linton M., Metropolitan Washington Board of Trade-

Daly, Victor, Deputy Director, District of Columbia U.S. Employ-

ment Service__.

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Dingell, Hon. John D., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Michigan..

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Elsberg, Milton L., president, Drug Fair, accompanied by Morris

Freidson, director of personnel, Drug Fair...

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Gilbert, Hon. Jacob H., a Representative in Congress from the State

of New York__.

Gordon, Murray A., on behalf of the American Jewish Congress-

Harris, Thomas E., associate general counsel of the AFL-CIO.

Hildebrand, Rev. Richard Allen, president, New York City branch,

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Hill, Herbert, labor secretary, National Association for the Advance-

ment of Colored People..

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Hobson, Julius, Washington CORE..

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Howlett, Dr. Duncan, chairman of the District of Columbia Advisory

Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

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Joelson, Hon. Charles S.,

of New Jersey -

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Johnson, Mrs. Cernoria D., Washington representative, National

Urban League__

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Representative in Congress from the State

Jones, Dr. Frank, vice chairman; accompanied by Paul Rillings,

executive director, District of Columbia Commissioners, Council

of Human Relations. -

Jones, Robert E., executive director, Unitarian Fellowship for Social

Justice..

Latimore, William G., member, Laborers Union, Local 456, Washing-

ton, D.C..

Lewis, Walter B., director, job development, Washington Urban

League; accompanied by Samuel E. Harris, director of housing and

research..

McAlwee, R. W., business agent, Local 26, International Brotherhood

of Electrical Workers--

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Statement of-Continued

Minish, Hon. Joseph G., a Representative in Congress from the State

of New Jersey.

Morrison, W. Franklin, executive vice president, First Federal Savings

& Loan Association__

O'Donoghue, Patrick, attorney at law, 1912 Sunderland Place NW.,

Washington, D.C., representing Plumbers Local Union No. 5_-

Pannill, William, employment manager, Peoples Drug Stores..

Preston, Murray, vice president, American Security & Trust Co.,

Washington, D.C.; accompanied by Donald Mowbray, assistant

vice president and personnel director, American Security & Trust

Co...

Reid, Hon. Ogden R., a Representative in Congress from the State of

New York

Stearns, E. Wiley, Jr., a vice president and the cashier of the Riggs

National Bank of Washington, D.C.; accompanied by J. C. Mc-

Cormick, executive vice president of the Riggs National Bank of

Washington, D.C..

Stone, C. Sumner, editor, Afro-American_

Thompson, W. Hale, Americans for Democratic Action.......

Williams, Hon. Harrison A., Jr., U.S. Senator from the State of New

Jersey.

Wirtz, Hon. W. Willard, Secretary of Labor; accompanied by John

F. Henning, Under Secretary; James E. Jones, office of the Solicitor,

Department of Labor, and Robert E. Nagle, assistant to the Execu-

tive Vice Chairman of the President's Committee on Equal Em-

ployment Opportunity-

Zahn, J. Hillman, vice president, the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone

Co----

Statements, supplemental material, etc.:

American Paper & Pulp Association, statement of...

Chapin, Arthur, Special Assistant to the Secretary, U.S. Department

of Labor, statement entitled "Apprenticeship and Training—An

Economic Key".

Collins, Linton M., general counsel, Metropolitan Washington Board

of Trade, editorial in the Washington Post of April 15, 1963, entitled,

"Businesslike Budget".

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Elsberg, Milton L., president, Drug Fair:

Article in Afro-American entitled, "Drug Fair's Big Happy

Family Built by Prexy's Philosophy".

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Distribution Center Survey, Alexandria, Va. (table)-

District of Columbia area survey (table)__

Pharmacists-District of Columbia stores (table)_

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Taylor, Robert L., associate director, Job Development Depart-

ment, Washington Urban League, letter to Morris Freidson,

dated June 3, 1963--

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"Fair Employment Practice Acts," by Grover S. Williams, legislative

attorney, American Law Division, the Library of Congress Legisla-

tive Reference Service_-_.

556

Fleming, Robert, The Riggs National Bank, letter to Chairman

Roosevelt, dated June 17, 1963.

432

Gordon, Murray A., statement on behalf of the American Jewish

Congress-

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Harris, Samuel E., director of housing and research, Washington Urban

League:

"Job and Salary Gap Widens Between Negro and White Workers

in D.C. Government," lead article in Washington's Labor

Market, October 1962 issue_ _ _ .

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Statement of..

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Harris, Thomas E., associate general counsel of the AFL-CIO,

"Sample Non-Discrimination Clauses in Collective Bargaining

Agreements".

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Hobson, Julius W., chairman, Washington, CORE:

Christmas Selective Buying List, Washington Congress of Racial

Equality, 1962___

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Hetzel, Fred Z., director, U.S. Employment Service for the
District of Columbia, letter to Jay Foreman, counsel, General
Subcommittee on Labor, dated May 28, 1963..

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Statements, supplemental material, etc.-Continued

Hobson, Julius W., chairman, Washington CORE-Continued

Letter to Percy Williams, President's Committee on Equal

Employment Opportunities, on subject of "Discrimination

Against Negro Employees of the Central Linen Service".

Memo on the public utilities in the District of Columbia..

Romnes, H. I., president, Western Electric, Co., Inc., New York,

N.Y.:

Analysis of nonwhite progress for the 18-month period

ending December 31, 1962 (table).

Letter from Julius W. Hobson, dated April 17, 1963.

Howlett, Dr. Duncan, chairman, District of Columbia Advisory

Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights:

"Employment in Washington, D.C.," a report of the District of

Columbia Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, June 1963-

Prepared statement of.

Johnson, Mrs. Cernoria D., Washington representative, National

Urban League, addendum-"Industry's Most Undeveloped Re-

source".

Latimore, William C., member, Laborers Union, Local 456, Washing-

ton, D.C., fact sheet.

Lee, J. Oscar, executive director, Department of Racial and Cultural

Relations, National Council of Churches, telegram to Chairman

Powell...

Lewis, Walter B., director, job development, Washington Urban

League; accompanied by Samuel E. Harris, director of housing and

research:

Letter from Mr. Harris to Chairman Roosevelt, dated June 5,

1963, enclosing report, "The Current Utilization of Negro

Manpower by the Federal Government in Metropolitan

Washington".

Statement of Mr. Lewis.

Mitchell, Clarence, director, Washington bureau, National Association

for the Advancement of Colored People, proposed technical changes.

O'Donoghue, Patrick, representing Plumbers Local Union No. 5:

Memorandum of agreement between the United Association of

Journeyman Plumbers & Steamfitters of the United States

and Canada, and the International Hod Carriers', Building &

Common Laborers' Union of America_ .

A dispute between United Association of Plumbers and Steam

Fitters International Hod Carriers, Building and Common

Laborers Union of America_

Decision by the national referee of the Building and Construction

Trades Department, Wm. L. Hutcheson, in the jurisdictional

dispute between International Hod Carriers Building and

Common Laborers Union of America and United Association

of Journeymen Plumbers and Steamfitters of the United

States and Canada__.

Pannill, William, employment manager, Peoples Drug Stores:

Letter to Chairman Roosevelt dated June 10, 1963.

Statement before the District of Columbia Advisory Committee

of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, February 28, 1963----

Rice, Theron J., Chamber of Commerce of the United States, letter to

Chairman Roosevelt-

Shipley, Carl L., chairman, District of Columbia Republican Com-

mittee, letter to Chairman Roosevelt...

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"State Laws Dealing With Non-Discrimination in Employment," by

Goler T. Butcher, legislative attorney, American Law Division,

the Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service..

Stone, C. Sumner, editor, Afro-American, special bulletin entitled

"Summer Employment of 16- to 18-Year-Olds".

Resolution adopted by the Washington Building & Construction
Trades Council___

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Special survey of employment practices in Federal construction,

summary by city.

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