Bryson, Hon. Joseph R., a Representative in Congress from the State 55 Burnside, Hon. M. G., a Representative in Congress from the State of 37 Calhoun, Eugene-- Cavert, Rev. Samuel McCrea_. 254 519 Celler, Hon. Emanuel, a Representative in Congress from the State Davenport, Hon. Harry J., a Representative in Congress from the State 115 Dingell, Hon. John D., a Represenetative in Congress from the State 164 Douglas, Hon. Paul H., a United States Senator from the State of 225 Summary of pending FEPC bills in the House of Representatives__ 464 Hand, Hon. T. Millet, a Representative in Congress from the State of 10 "Our Common Aims". 436 Letter from William L. Blatt et al. (to Senator Vandenberg) Henderson, J. D., national managing director, American Association 438 Hines, Lewis G----- 300 Statement or testimony of-Continued Hoffman, Hon. Clare E., a Representative in Congress from the State Excerpts from speech of Hon. John E. Rankin, of Mississippi, with tables showing distribution of personnel in wartime Committee Houston, Charles____ --_122, 197, 258, 277, 283, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291 and Enginemen--- 262 Report on civil rights legislation in the States-. 125 Inter-racial Commission, State of Connecticut__. 224 Ives, Hon. Irving M., a United States Senator from the State of 62 Japanese American Citizens League antidiscrimination committee--- Javits, Hon. Jacob K., a Representative in Congress from the State Report and recommendations of the industry and labor com- Masaoka, Mike M-. 134 Maslow, Will_ 413 Analysis of existing State fair employment practice legisla- Facing p. 418 Comparison of Ives-Fulton and McGrath-Powell FEPC bills---- 420 McLeish, James, general vice president and chairman of fair employ- ment practices committee, United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Mitchell, Hon. Hugh B., a Representative in Congress from the State Statement or testimony of-Continued Page Reynolds, Hobson R_ 146 Richardson, Thomas- 358 Comparison of wage rates for Panamanian and United States 362 Robinson, Mrs. Dorothy Medders_ 466 Robinson, Reid___ 338 Rodino, Hon. Peter W., Jr., a Representative in Congress from the 39 Sabath, Hon. Adolph J., a Representative in Congress from the State 88 Stewart, Harry T., vice president, local No. 251, National Federation 579 Stewart, Mrs. Alexandria, president, United States section, Women's 562 Thomas, Julius A... 477 Thomas, Norman__ 57 Thompson, Lockwood, chairman, Ohio Committee for Fair Employ- 564 Resolution No. 8, adopted at 1948 CIO convention, relative to civil 333 Tuttle, Charles H., counsel, New York State Temporary Commission 566 Wiggins, Frederick_ Testimony. (See Statement or testimony.) Wage of workers, median annual, by race, 1947_. Wage rates for Panamanian and United States workers, comparison of____ Resolution adopted by National Council of Jewish Women_ 366 FEDERAL FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE ACT TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1949 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a. m., Hon. Adam C. Powell, Jr. (chairman), presiding. Mr. POWELL. The committee will come to order. We have before us for consideration H. R. 4453, a bill to prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, color, religion, or national origin. This bill is also known as the administration bill, a bill which was introduced in the Senate by Senator McGrath and in the House by the chairman. (The bill referred to is as follows:) [H. R. 4453, 81st Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, color, religion, or national origin Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Federal Fair Employment Practice Act." FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY SEC. 2. (a) The Congress hereby finds that, despite the continuing progress of our Nation with respect to protection of the rights of individuals, the rights of some persons within the jurisdiction of the United States to employment without discrimination because of race, color, religion, or national origin are being denied, and that such infringements upon the American principle of freedom and equality of opportunity are destructive of the basic doctrine of the integrity and dignity of the individual upon which this Nation was founded and which distinguishes it from the totalitarian nations, force large segments of our population into substandard conditions of living, foment industrial strife and domestic unrest, deprive the United States of the fullest utilization of its capacities for production, and thereby adversely affect the interstate and foreign commerce of the United States. The Congress recognizes that it is essential to the general welfare that this gap between principle and practice be closed; and that adequate protection of such rights of individuals must be provided to preserve our American heritage and prevent serious damage to our moral, social, economic, and political life, and to our international relations. (b) The Congress, therefore, declares that the right to employment without discrimination because of race, color, religion, or national origin is a right of all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States, and that it is the national policy to protect the right of the individual to be free from such discrimination. 1 |