The Omaha guide., 1941-07-26
PRES. APPOINTS Committee TO COMBAT
Discrimination AGAINST NEGROES IN
NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIES
MACHINERY ESTABLISHED
TO HANDLE VIOLATIONS OF
PRESIDENTS JOB EXECUTIVE
ORDER

2 NEW YORK, July % CAMP
That greasing Operations on mach
lnery intended to handle expected
complaints of violations of Pres
1dent Roosevelt's executive order
barring racial discrimination in
employment policies and practices
of holders of defense contracts,
have been quietly going on for
several weeks was officially con-
firmed here early last week at the
district office of the bureau Of
employment security, Federal Sc
curity agency. This information
was disclosed exclusively to the A.
MP.
Within three days after the is
sue of the order on June %, and
in spite Of the delay in naming the
Committee on Fair Employment
Practice, Office Of Production Man
agement, charged with administer
ing the order, instructions were
forwarded to all regional offices
of the United States Employment
Service covering methods to be
used to give effectivness to the
announced Policy Of the admins
tration.
In addition to these inst actions
1T was learned an in-service train
ing course for employees of the
New York State Employment SER
vice, cooperating agency of the
USES, will be instituted in a week
or two designed to adjust the
thinking" Of the workers and give
"1mplementation' and meaning to
the order to the end that its terms
and intentions may be successfully
carried out.
On Thursday, DR.. Warren Brown
secretary to the National March
on Washington committee, confer
red here for n hour on the sub
ject of procedure with D. J. Hose,
in charge of in-service training
within industry, OPM; and S.
Parks Hartman, officer in charge,
bureau of employment security,
FSA. By virtue of his heading up
the regional office for this bureau
Mr.. Hartman is also chairman of
the labor supply bureau of the div
ision of labor supply, OPM, for
the same area. 1t is in the latter
capacity that he will function as
the representative of the fair prac-
tice committee.
The basic points covered in the
discussions were boiled down to the
following method:
l. Any complaint of racial dis
elimination is to be reported to the
local office of the state employ
ment service. A field worker will
be directed to ascertain the facts
Of the case from the sides Of both
applicant and employer.
2. In the event the employer is
found at fault, he will be informed
of the Presidents executive order
and immediate adjustment will be
sought.
3. Failure to reach a solution
through these preliminary efforts
will result in a ~referral Of the case
to the office Of Mr.. Hartman for
review and adjustment.
a. If satisfaction is not then OBJ
tanned, the entire case is to be re-
ferred to Washington for the con-
slderation of and adjudication by
the five man committee.
Mr. Harmon, who confirmed the
authoritativeness Of the moves al
ready made, explained it as the
desire of his office and that of
OPM., to get and Settle the COM
plants as close to their sources as
is possible and just as quickly.
The procedure outlined here was
said to be the same as that which
will be followed in the AS states
and three territories. In this way
the necessity for establishing new
machinery is expected to be obviat
ed inasmuch as each state is sim
ilarly organized as New York IN
order to participate in the benefits
Of social security.
There will be a conscious eff
fort" Mr.. Hartman stated, "to use
all resources available to imple-