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THE NOMINATIONS OF

W. WILLARD WIRTZ TO BE UNDER SECRETARY OF E._4..BOR

JERRY R. HOLLEMAN TO BE ASSISTANT SECRETARY

OF LABOR

MRS. ESTHER PETERSON TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE

WOMEN'S BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

JANUARY 25, 1961

Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

64353 WASHINGTON: 1961
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

LISTER HILL, Alabama, Chairman

PAT McNAMARA, Michigan

WAYNE MORSE, Oregon

RALPH YARBOROUGH, Texas

JOSEPH S. CLARK, Pennsylvania

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey

QUENTIN N. BURDICK, North Dakota

BENJAMIN A. SMITH II, Massachusetts

CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island

STEWART E. MCCLURE, Chief Clerk

JOHN S. FORSYTHE, General Counsel

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BARRY GOLDWATER, Arizona

EVERETT McKINLEY DIRKSEN, Illinois

CLIFFORD P. CASE, New Jersey

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York

WINSTON L. PROUTY, Vermont
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CONTENTS

Statements: Page

Wirtz, Hon. W. Willard, Under Secretary of Labor 1

Holleman, Jerry R., Assistant Secretary of Labor 6

Moss, Hon. Frank E., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah 9

Peterson, Esther, Director of the Women's Bureau 9

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NOMINATIONS OF W. WILLARD WIRTZ, TO BE UNDER

SECRETARY OF LABOR

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1961

U.S. SENATE,

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE,

Washington, D.C.

The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10:35 a.m., in room 4230,

New Senate Office Building, Senator Lister Hill (chairman) presiding.

Present: Senators Hill, McNamara, Yarborough, Clark, Randolph,

Burdick, Smith of Massachusetts, and Goldwater.

Committee staff members present: Stewart E. McClure, chief clerk;

John S. Forsythe, general counsel; Frederick R. Blackwell, Samuel V.

Merrick, and Edward Friedman, associate counsels; Michael Bernstein, minority counsel; Raymond Hurley, and John Stringer, minorty associate counsels.

The CHAIRMAN. The committee will kindly come to order.

Mr. W. Willard Wirtz, will you come around, please, sir, and we

will be glad for you to make any statement you see fit at this time

with reference to your qualifications to be the Under Secretary of

Labor.

STATEMENT OF HON. W. WILLARD WIRTZ, UNDER SECRETARY

OF LABOR-DESIGNATE

Mr. WIRTZ. Thank you very much.

Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, those facts concerning me which might relate to this nomination perhaps include these:

My home has been most of my life, and is today, in the State of

Illinois. My early education was in the public schools in De Kalb,

Ill. My further education was at Northern Illinois Teachers College;

at the University of California briefly; then at Beloit College in

Wisconsin and at Harvard Law School.

I left law school to teach law. I taught at the University of Iowa

for 2 years. I then went to Northwestern University, with which I

have been associated in one degree or another in the law school there

since that time.

I taught at Northwestern Law School from 1939 to 1942, came to

Washington in 1942, remaining here during the war period, first as a

member of the General Counsel's Office of the Board of Economic

Warfare and then moving to the War Labor Board in 1943.

During the next 2 years I served in various capacities for the War

Labor Board, first as a public member and Chairman of the Appeals

Committee, and then as General Counsel and as Disputes Director.

I was during 1946 public member and Chairman of the National

Wage Stabilization Board, which was the successor agency to the

War Labor Board.

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I returned to teaching at Northwestern Law School in 1946 or

early 1947 and have since that time taught labor law and have done

a considerable amount of work as a private arbitrator in the labormanagement field.

I have also worked in the labor field as a member of the TaftHartley board of inquiry in the Coal case in 1949 and 1950. I

served, too, as a member of the Presidential emergency board in the

Railroad case in 1948 or 1949. And then, particularly, I served this

committee a year ago in connection with the panel which was established for the making of recommendations.

The CHAIRMAN. You were a member of that panel, were you?

Mr. WIRTZ. I was a member of that panel, one of the public members of that panel.

That, I believe, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee,

covers the basic facts of my work in the labor field.

I should, of course, be very happy to respond to any questions you

may have.

The CHAIRMAN. Who was the head of the Board of Economic

Warfare when you were with that Board?

Mr. WIRTZ. The Board of Economic Warfare was at that time under

the chairmanship of Vice President Wallace and under the direct

administration of Executive Secretary Perkins. The General Counsel

under whom I was working was Monroe Oppenheimer.

The CHAIRMAN. Any questions, Senator Goldwater?

Senator GOLDWATER. No.

The CHAIRMAN. Senator McNamara?

Senator MCNAMARA. I have no questions.

The CHAIRMAN. Senator Yarborough?

Senator YARBOROUGH. Was Dr. Robert Montgomery, of Austin, of

the Economics Department of the University of Texas, a member of

the Board at the same time you were?

Mr. WIRTZ. If he was I have forgotten him, which is perhaps an

injustice to him.

Senator YARBOROUGH. I presume you knew Mr. Leon Green?

Mr. WIRTZ. Very well. It was to work with Mr. Green that I

went from the University of Iowa in 1939 to Northwestern University.

And my relationship with him has been one of the most pleasurable

in my personal life.

Senator YARBOROUGH. I think you have a very fine background

for this position of Under Secretary in the Department. I wish you

every success there. And I congratulate the President and the Secretary of Labor for having selected you so that we will have the

benefit of your knowledge and learning and your past public service

in this field.

Mr. WIRTZ. Thank you very much, Senator. I look forward to it

with great anticipation.

The CHAIRMAN. Senator Burdick?

Senator BURDICK. I have no questions of a fellow member of the

bar. I am sure he is well qualified.

Mr. WIRTZ. Thank you.

I should have included my active practice of the law for the past

5 years, but I did not, because it has not, except for the arbitration,

particularly related to labor work.
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The CHAIRMAN. Senator Smith?

Senator SMITH. That was one of the questions I was going to ask,

if you have been in active practice.

Mr. WIRTZ. I have been in active practice since 1955 as a member

of the firm of Stevenson, Rifkind & Wirtz in Chicago, but the only

labor work I have done has been in connection with the arbitration

I referred to.

The CHAIRMAN. Senator McNamara?

Senator MCNAMARA. I think, in connection with the comments

made here, that the fact that the nominee has practiced law should

not be held against him.

The CHAIRMAN. Since the chairman has also been a lawyer, I would

sustain that position.

Your background of experience and practical participation in labor

affairs certainly will qualify you for this position, Mr. Wirtz.

Mr. WIRTZ. Thank you very much.

The CHAIRMAN. We are very happy to have you here this morning.

Thank you very much.

At this point I would like to insert in the record a biographical

sketch of Mr. Wirtz.

(The biographical sketch of Mr. Wirtz follows:)

W. WILLARD WIRTZ, UNDER SECRETARY OF LABOR-DESIGNATE

W. Willard Wirtz, Chicago law partner of Adlai Stevenson, has gained firsthand

knowledge of labor problems in Government service, on special boards of inquiry,

and as an arbitrator.

He was Assistant General Counsel of the Board of Economic Warfare in 1942

and 1943, General Counsel and public member of the War Labor Board from 1943

to 1945, and Chairman of the National Wage Stabilization Board in 1946.

In addition, he has many years' experience as a labor arbitrator in the steel,

rubber, electrical, chemical, and farm equipment industries, among others.

Issues he has arbitrated include job evaluation, wage administration, wage

negotiation, grievances, and merit incentive systems. He has also served on

Taft-Hartley boards of inquiry and Presidential emergency boards.

Mr. Wirtz was born at De Kalb, Ill., on March 14,1912. He attended Northern

Illinois State Teachers College in De Kalb from 1928 to 1930, the University of

California in Berkeley in 1930-31, and Beloit College in Beloit, Wis., from 1931 to

1933 where he received his bachelor of arts degree. After teaching at Kewanee

(Ill.) High School in 1933-34, he entered Harvard Law School, from which he

graduated in 1937.

Early in his working career, Mr. Wirtz taught law. He was first at the University of Iowa from 1937 to 1939, then at Northwestern University School of

Law as associate professor from 1939 to 1942. Following his wartime service

with the Government he returned to Northwestern as full professor of law from

1946 to 1954.

Since 1955 he has engaged in private law practice in the firm of Stevenson,

Rifkind & Wirtz in Chicago.

Mr. Wirtz was married to the former Mary Jane Quisenberry on September 8,

1936. They have two sons, Richard and Philip.
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NOMINATION OF JERRY R. HOLLEMAN TO BE

ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF LABOR

The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Jerry R. Holleman.

Senator YARBOROUGH. Mr. Chairman, I would like the privilege of

introducing him.

The CHAIRMAN. You may remain where you are if you wish, Senator

Yarborough.

Senator YARBOROUGH. Mr. Chairman, we have been together in so

many efforts in Texas that I prefer to sit down here with him.

Mr. Chairman and fellow members of the committee, the State of

Texas has the unique honor conferred upon it by this administration

by the fact that the President has selected for Assistant Secretary of

Labor, Mr. Jerry Holleman, who became executive secretary of the

Texas State Federation of Labor in 1953 and filled that place with

distinction until the merger of the AFL—CIO in 1957, when he became

president of the merged AFL—CIO in Texas, in which capacity he has

served up to the present time.

Mr. Holleman had a distinguished record in the labor movement

before that time, marked by honor and integrity in his work and

devotion to the welfare of labor.

He was a commissioned officer in the Army Engineers in combat

in Italy in World War II, and was commander of a company of Army

engineers in the Korean conflict. So he has had service overseas in

two different wars as a commissioned officer in our Armed Forces.

I have known Mr. Holleman personally for many years. He has

not only brought a new dimension to labor leadership in Texas, he

has fought to better our Government in many fields. He has lent

the force and effect of his office effectively to fighting corruption in

the State government, to improving educational opportunities for

children, and to supporting laws for a better old-age pension, or public

welfare payment system.

• He has given his energy and his talents in these fields just as much

as in the more limited field of labor relations. He has shown an

organizational ability not equaled by anyone else in the State level

of labor movement in my State.

• He has served in a State where it was the common practice of the

press to constantly malign labor before he obtained his present office.

He has brought to the labor movement in Texas a position of dignity

that it had not theretofore attained. Prior to his advent to this

office, about all it took to defeat a candidate for public office in Texas

was to just say that labor was backing him. And he has brought

such dignity and distinction to the labor movement that it is no

longer a potent political weapon in our State.

He has nullified the value of slander of the labor movement politically in our State, largely by his devotion to duty, his high order of

intelligence, and his good judgment in all matters.

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He has been a man of judgment, he has been a man who used

moderation. He is a man that is moderate in language and action;

he is not a man of violence either in word or deed, but a man of uniform good judgment whose talents, I think, this Government can use

to great advantage to the people.

It is a pleasure to me as one who has been associated with him many

times—I might be a little bit partisan, Mr. Chairman, since we have

always been on the same side politically in Texas, not only in party

but within the party in all of our primary matters. And we have

never been opposed to each other. So I will admit that I might be

slightly partisan.

The CHAIRMAN. Will the Senator from Texas yield there?

Senator YARBOROUGH. Yes.

The CHAIRMAN. The Senator from Alabama had just whispered to

the Senator from Arizona that Mr. Holleman was a good Yarborough

man.

Senator YARBOROUGH. I will say, Mr. Chairman, that our effort

was a mutual effort.

The CHAIRMAN. Any questions of Senator Yarborough?

If not, Senator, we certainly want to thank you and express our

appreciation to you for your statement.

Senator YARBOROUGH. Thank you.

The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Holleman, we would be glad to have you make

any statement as to what you feel your qualifications are for this

position as Assistant Secretary of Labor that you may wish to make.

STATEMENT OF JERRY R. HOLLEMAN, ASSISTANT SECRETARY

OF LABOR-DESIGNATE

Mr. HOLLEMAN. Thank you.

I would rather listen to the Senator speak. He has covered a

portion of what I intended to cover in my statement. I believe the

statement is in the hands of the members of the committee. I will

not read the entire statement.

I was born on a farm in the Texas Panhandle. I went to school

at a rural school, graduated from Cameron College, a branch of what

was then Oklahoma A. & M., and went from there into the electrical

field, the electrical trade.

I became a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical

Workers, and shortly thereafter entered the armed services in World

War II.

After that I returned to civilian life in Lubbock, Tex., and in 1947

was asked to become business manager of the Electrical Workers

Union.

In 1950 I accepted a post with the Texas State Federation of Labor,

and in 1953 became executive secretary.

This period was interrupted in November of 1950, when I was

recalled to active duty with the Corps of Engineers for service in

Korea.

The CHAIRMAN. And you served for 17 months in Korea, did you

not?

Mr. HOLLEMAN. 17 long, cold months.

The CHAIRMAN. I think you could say they were the longest 17

months of your life, couldn't you?
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Mr. HOLLEMAN. Undoubtedly they were, the unhappiest 17 months

of my life.

On returning from military service in World War II, I resumed my

trade in Lubbock, where I was elected business manager of Local 850

of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Later I

became president of the Lubbock Central Labor Union and of the

Lubbock Building & Construction Trades Council.

In 1950 I was named assistant to the executive secretary of the

Texas State Federation of Labor, and in 1953 was elected executive

secretary of the State federation.

I became president of the State AFL—CIO in 1957, and was reelected 2 years later.

I have carefully examined all of my associations with organizations,

and I have severed each of them and resigned from each where I

found that any possible conflict of interest might arise.

My financial holdings are quite limited. I have owned something

less than $600 worth of stock, which is rather inconsequential. Nevertheless, I have submitted that back to the treasurer of the company

and renounced all rights to it.

My wife Inda and I have three daughters. The oldest is married

and living in Texas. The next, Lynn, is 12, and the youngest,

Indalita, is 4.

I might add to this statement some other things that might perhaps

be of interest to the committee.

During the past 7 years I have been a member of the United StatesMexican Trade Union Committee. I have been a member of the

Farm Labor Advisory Committee to the Department of Labor. I

have been on the advisory committee for the Texas Employment

Commission.

And I have been on the regional manpower committee for that

region of the country, and on the advisory committee for the regional

director of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, and on the

advisory committee for the Texas Industrial Accident Board, and

various others.

The CHAIRMAN. Any questions?

Senator GOLDWATER. I just have one comment. I am completely

convinced of this man's honesty. He is the first Texan that I have

ever seen who has admitted that there was a small company in Texas.

Mr. HOLLEMAN. Senator, I believe I admitted that there were two.

The CHAIRMAN. You have to take note of the fact, Senator, that

he went to school in Oklahoma.

Senator McNamara?

Senator MCNAMARA. I have no questions. We are adding a building tradesman to the official family of the Government of the United

States.

And I am sure the background that you have had as a building

tradesman—it is a unique branch of organized labor because of the

fact that there seems to be more understanding between the employer

and the employee in the building trades, more cooperation, than in

any other branch of the industry that I know of, industry that I have

come in contact with.

I am glad to welcome you here.

Mr. HOLLEMAN. Thank you.

The CHAIRMAN. Senator Yarborough?
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Senator YARBOROUGH. Mr. Chairman, though the nominee went

to school in Oklahoma, I want to point out the typical Texan characteristics shown in the statement, and that is the utter candor with

which he speaks.

He states that after completing a course in radio broadcasting he

found that that was a difficult field to break into and shifted over to

his second subject.

Senator GOLDWATER. I would like to say that if one knows the

vice president of the broadcasting company in Texas it shouldn't be

hard to get into radio.

Mr. HOLLEMAN. I might say that at that point I didn't know the

vice president.

The CHAIRMAN. Senator Randolph?

Senator RANDOLPH. No questions.

The CHAIRMAN. Senator Burdick?

Senator BURDICK. The nominee has convinced me completely,

Mr. Chairman.

The CHAIRMAN. Senator Smith?

Senator SMITH. No questions.

The CHAIRMAN. I don't think the nominee could have had a better

recommendation than Senator Yarborough has given him.

Thank you.

Mr. HOLLEMAN. Thank you.

The CHAIRMAN. At this point I would like to insert in the record

a biographical sketch of Mr. Holleman.

(The biographical sketch of Mr. Holleman follows:)

JERRY R. HOLLEMAN, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF LABOR-DESIGNATE

Jerry R. Holleman, an electrician by trade, rose within union ranks to become

the first president of the Texas State AFL—CIO.

Mr. Holleman was born in 1919 in Childress County, Tex., on the Oklahoma

border, graduated from the West View High School there, and attended Cameron

College, a branch of Oklahoma A. & M.

After leaving college he began working as an electrician in Borger, Tex. On

returning from military service in World War II he resumed his trade in Lubbock,

where he was elected business manager of local 850 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Later he became president of the Lubbock Central

Labor Union and of the Lubbock Building & Construction Trades Council.

In 1950 he was named assistant to the executive secretary of the Texas State

Federation of Labor, and in 1953 was himself elected executive secretary of the

State federation. He became president of the State AFL—CIO in 1957 and was

reelected 2 years later. He also belongs to IBEW Local 520 in Austin.

Mr. Holleman has seen service both in World War II as a lieutenant with the

Army Engineers in Italy and in the Korean war as an Army Engineer company

commander.

While with the Texas unions, Mr. Holleman served on a number of committees

and special commissions for the State and Federal Governments, including the

advisory committee of the Texas Industrial Commission, the Labor Advisory

Committee on Farm Labor for the U.S. Department of Labor, and the United

States-Mexico Joint Trade Union Committee.

He is married to the former Inda Scott of Hollis, Okla. They have three

daughters.
NOMINATION OF ESTHER PETERSON TO BE DIRECTOR

OF THE WOMEN'S BUREAU

STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK E. MOSS, A U.S. SENATOR FROM

THE STATE OF UTAH

Senator Moss. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee,

I simply came by this morning to claim the privilege and pleasure of

introducing Esther Peterson to this committee, although I realize

that she probably needs no introduction here at all. During the past

2 or 3 years she has served as the legislative representative of the

Industrial Union Division of the AFL—CIO, and in that capacity I

am sure that she must have talked with the Senators here. And she

is a familiar figure on the Hill.

Mrs. Peterson was born in the State of Utah, and that is how I

gained the privilege of coming here this morning. I don't know

whether to admit that she found greener pastures elsewhere or not,

but she has not lived in the State of Utah now for some time. She

has gone on from her education in our State and teaching in the State

of Utah to teaching in other parts of the country and then into the

labor movement.

I will not attempt to detail her accomplishments because they are

before you on a fact sheet and you can examine them. I am sure

you have examined them.

I just want to say this about Esther Peterson. Of all the people I

have known over the years, I find none who is more diligent, is better

informed, is more willing to go the second mile to get the work done

than Esther Peterson. I know her background in the labor field is

such that she is well qualified for the position she seeks, and I think

she will serve with distinction in this administration. I recommend

her as highly as it is possible for me to do to this committee.

The CHAIRMAN. If there are no questions of Senator Moss, we would

like to hear from you, Mrs. Peterson.

Thank you very much, Senator Moss. We appreciate your appearance.

STATEMENT OF ESTHER PETERSON, DIRECTOR-DESIGNATE OF

THE WOMEN'S BUREAU

Mrs. PETERSON. I want to add my thanks to Senator Moss for

introducing me.

I appreciate this offer to come before you. I feel at home in this

room, having been here for many hearings.

I was born in Provo, Utah, December 9, 1906. I think that

makes me one of the older members of the new frontier team, but I

think I qualify since I was born in this century.

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I was educated in the public schools in Provo, where my father

was superintendent of schools. I graduated from the Brigham Young

University in Provo in 1927, and taught school after that for 2 years

at the Branch Agricultural College in Cedar City, Utah.

After that I moved to New York and received a master's degree

from the Teachers College of Columbia University. And it was in

New York at Columbia that I met my husband.

We moved to Boston, where I taught for 6 years at the Winsor

School as head of one of the departments. During that time I first

became acquainted with the problems of industrial women workers

as a volunteer in the YWCA. During the summers that I was teaching there I taught at the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women

Workers in Industry, a rather unusual project that was conducted

during the 1930's by women and men from various universities, to

provide training opportunities for women in industry who had to cut

short their education because of having to earn their own living.

The school did a great deal to help advance the cause of working women

at that time.

My husband was transferred to New York. At that time I became

the assistant director of education for the Amalgamated Clothing

Workers of America. And later I was the director of their war

activities department, with the duties of getting maximum participation of industrial workers in the war effort.

When my husband was transferred to Washington, I came here

with my family, and later became the Washington representative

for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.

During that time I served on the Advisory Committee of the

Women's Bureau and on the District of Columbia Minimum Wage

Board for the laundry industry. In this capacity I participated in

special studies and in the developing and setting of standards for

the employment of women.

I resigned that position when my husband was assigned overseas as

a Foreign Service officer, and we moved to Stockholm, Sweden, where

he was stationed for 4 years. This gave me an excellent opportunity

to study and observe at firsthand how other countries were tackling

the various problems relative to the employment of women. I

worked with all women's organizations there, both labor and nonlabor, and served in many capacities in that country.

Later my husband was transferred to Belgium. There again I had

an opportunity of working with women's organizations and getting

acquainted with the problems of working women in different countries.

I had the privilege of working with the International Confederation

of Free Trade Unions, which is the non-Communist labor international

organization. I helped set up their first training course for women

from various countries. I taught at the First International School

for Working Women and helped them develop employment standards.

The school was at La Breviere, near Paris, France, and was attended

by women from 27 different countries.

My husband was called back to serve here in Washington, and we

returned in 1957. In 1958 I took a position as legislative representative for the Industrial Union Department, AFL—CIO, and I have

continued to serve in that capacity. Now I will resign that position,

subject, of course, to the approval of the Senate of my appointment

as Director of the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor.
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I am the mother of four children, and therefore have had firsthand

experience with the problems of the working mother.

I would be very pleased to answer any questions you may have.

The CHAIRMAN. Any questions?

Senator MCNAMARA. I have no questions.

The CHAIRMAN. Senator Yarborough?

Senator YARBOROUGH. No question.

The CHAIRMAN. Senator Randolph?

Senator RANDOLPH. Mr. Chairman, I was impressed by the appearance and testimony of Mr. Wirtz and Mr. Holleman, but I have

reserved my commendation for Mrs. Esther Peterson. I have had

the privilege of knowing Mrs. Peterson when I was a member of the

House Labor Committee. We conferred on certain legislation pending

in 1945 and at other times. I think it is important that we realize

that Mrs. Peterson is knowledgeable on the subject matter which will

come within the scope of the vital work she will carry forward. And

I also wish to say that in her capacity as Director of the Women's

Bureau she will bring a true measure of creativeness to her task.

She has, when called upon, that sense of courage necessary to meet

the challenge of the transition period in the work she will do.

And so it is a personal and official commendation which I have the

pleasure of presenting in behalf of the nomination of Mrs. Esther

Peterson. I speak with a genuine feeling when I state that when

women of the type of Mrs. Peterson come in to the Federal Government in positions of trust, that we should commend them individually.

My admiration is in good conscience and is merited.

Mrs. PETERSON. Thank you, Senator.

' The CHAIRMAN. Senator Burdick?

Senator BURDICK. No questions.

The CHAIRMAN. Senator Smith?

Senator SMITH. Mr. Chairman, I would just like to observe that

this is one member of the new administration that we don't have to

question about her Harvard education. But I think the President

and Mr. Goldberg have certainly made a wonderful choice here in

naming Mrs. Peterson to the Women's Bureau of the Department.

I think it is a very fine choice. And I congratulate you and wish you

the best, Mrs. Peterson.

MTS. PETERSON. Thank you.

I might add that I have two sons attending Harvard.

The CHAIRMAN. Anything further, Senator Smith?

Senator SMITH. No.

The CHAIRMAN. Senator Clark, any questions?

Senator CLARK. No, Mr. Chairman. I am sorry I was late.

The CHAIRMAN. Mrs. Peterson, we want to thank you very much

for your appearance here this morning. You certainly bring a very

fine record of service, and you have received a strong commendation

from Senator Randolph, who has known of your work while he was

on the Committee on Education and Labor.

Mrs. PETERSON. I do appreciate it.

The CHAIRMAN. At this point I would like to insert in the record

a biographical sketch of Mrs. Peterson.
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(The biographical sketch of Mrs. Peterson follows:)

MRS. ESTHER PETERSON, DIRECTOR-DESIGNATE OF THE WOMEN'S BUREAU

Mrs. Esther Peterson has devoted her working life to education and the labor

movement. She is an expert on legislative relations and on problems of women

workers.

She was born on December 9, 1906, in Provo, Utah, where she attended elementary and secondary schools. Her father, Lars Eggertson, was superintendent

of Utah County schools. Mrs. Peterson received a bachelor of arts degree from

Brigham Young University in 1927 and her master of arts from Teachers College,

Columbia University, in 1930.

Her teaching career spanned a period of 12 years. She taught -at the Branch

Agricultural College in Cedar City, Utah, from 1927 to 1929, and at the Winsor

School in Boston from 1930 to 1936. After her marriage in 1932, she alternated

teaching with her duties as a housewife and mother until 1939, taking temporary

positions at the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry

near Philadelphia, the Hudson Shore Labor School in Esopus,

and with the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.

In 1939, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, taking note of her

special teaching experience in the labor field, appointed her assistant director of

education, a post she held until 1944. In 1945 she became Washington legislative representative for the ACWA, serving until she left to go abroad. .

While living abroad with her husband, a Foreign Service officer, she represented

the American trade union movement at several international conferences: She

also worked closely with the Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions from 1948

to 1952, while in Sweden, and with the International Confederation of Free

Trade Unions on problems of women workers from 1952 to 1957, while in Belgium.

From 1958 until she assumed her present duties she was legislative representative of the industrial union department of the AFL—CIO.

Mrs. Peterson's husband, Oliver A. Peterson, is a labor adviser in the State

Department's Bureau of African Affairs. They and their four children live at

626 28th Street South, Arlington, Va.

The CHAIRMAN. The committee will now go into executive session.

(Whereupon, at 11:15 a.m., the committee went into executive

session.)

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