Evening star., 1943-08-10
Progress Is Reported
On New Capital Transit
Proposals 10 FEPC

TIOpUSdH III TLFI
New proposals have been SUBJ
mltted by the Capital Transit Co.
to the Fair Employment Practice
Committee relative to charges that
the company discriminates against
colored workers in its hiring policy,
Msgr. Francis j. Haas, committee
chairman. said at & press confer
ence yesterday, following an FEPC
session.
The new proposals, members said,
prompt the committee to consider
the case as still pending, and one
In which progress toward settle
ment is being achieved.
While the nature of the new
proposals was not disclosed, Msgr.
Haas said they were different from
previous suggestions emanatlng
from the company.
Discussing conditions throughout
the country, the committee said
more discrimination against COL
ored workers is found in failure to
provide promotions than in a denial
of jobs.
Dual Policy on Hearings.
It was revealed that the COM
mittee headed by Father Haas is
operating under old rules which de-
crees public hearings Of complaints
against private firms, and private
hearings for cases involving the
Government as an employer.
A committee member, recalling
that considerable editorial criticism
of this dual policy was voiced sew
eral months ago, said the policy
was in line with White House re-
quests that Government agencies
stop airing their squabbles in pub
2 lie
Asked if public hearings for prl-
,eate firms and "star chamber pro-
Fceedings where the Government is
involved did not constitute an un-
ihealthy situation, Father Haas said
the new committee is drawing up
its own rules and regulations and
had not fixed its own policy.
One of the complaints received,
involving a Detroit factory, alleged
discrimination in Government en-
ployment because of< creed, rather
than race.
Appointment Made.
The committee announced ap-
pointment of BARLEY c. Crum of
San Francisco as chief counsel in
its hearings September 15-16-17 on
alleged employment discrimination
by a number of railroad companies
and unions. Associated with Mr.
Crum will be Charles A. Houston OF
this city and Harold Stevens of
New York.
The committee announced that
Its administrative and departmental
structure has been established.
Under Chairman Haas, in its Wash
ington Office, there will be four di-
visions: administrative, field opera
tions, review and analysis, and a
hearings division. Eventually the
committee will have II offices,
located in the same cities as the War
Manpower Commissions regional
Offices. Only nine of the Offices
chosen for an expected density of
operation" will be set up immed-
lately.
The committees agreement with
the VINO, to be made public shortly,
a working relationship
between the two agencies.
Personnel Named.
Chairman Haas announced the
following personnel has been ap-
pointed:
Malcolm Ross, Vienna, Va, dep
uty chairman. formerly with the Of
fee OF War Information and for six
years director of information, Ma
tional Labor Relations Board.
George M. Johnson, Berkeley,
Calf, assistant chairman, formerly
professor of law at Harvard Uni
versity, tax counsel, State of Cali
fornia, and for the last two years
assistant executive secretary of
Will Maslow, New York, chief
of field operations, formerly princi-
pal trial examiner, NLRB; Eugene
Davidson, Washington, assistant |
chief of field operations, senior field |
of FEPC the last two |
years.
Also, New York. Edward Lawson,
regional director and Madison Jones,
associate examiner; Philadelphia, G.
James Fleming, director; Chicago
Elmer w. Henderson, director; San |
Harry Kingman, director;
Dallas, Carlos Castenada, associate
director not yet appointed.
Other Offices which the committee
will open, but to which no appoint
ments have been made, are Cleve-
land, Detroit, Atlanta and st. Louis.
1t is expected that Offices will be
opened eventually at Minneapolis,
Boston and Denver.