Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-07-30
FEPC, DEMOCRACY, AND DISCRIMINATION IN
EBPL OYMENT

UJp in Woshinqton, according to recent reports,
determined drive is now on TO hove the congress take up
for consideration the pending civil rights legislation,
port of the foir deo program urged by President u-
man. The most controversial issue in the Civil Rights
proorom is the fair employment BILL which is every
where referred FEPC. AS is implied IN ITS title the
purpose of FEPC is to oboIn TAR distribution OF the
EMPLOYMENT opportunities afforded in greet indus
troI nod economic system among oil American record
less of race, creed or color.
The best recent statement with reference to FEPC,
democracy end discrimination, wos mode by senator H-
bert H Humphrey, which quote.
IF Americans could develop the kind of economy
thof would allow them to think OF enjoying the
product of their labor ond less of the fearful need OF
keeping their Jobs we would do away with most dis
elimination in employment.
Everybody believes that produce more when
each man and woman doing the job he is best suited
TO do And If we could oil think first of mokng the
most of our resources for the greatest enjoyment OF
whot we produce there would be little drive to dis
crmnote - $.
Our economy problems are difficult We cont solve
them overnight either by revolution, the Russons have
learned or by ponoceo other. We cannot over
night produce the kind of economy thot will distribute
both jobs and good according to Justice SO that every
worker can be concerned with the opt;mum production
knowing he won't work himself out of job and know
inc that he will benefit by thot production,
While working toward on economy like thot,
not simply pass over the problem of job discrimination
saying it will be solved when the economy perfected
The problem of discrimination is grevous now and
must be solved now
1t is more thon the loss of production thot must
fear from unfair employment procfices. 1t is poison
more deody thon decreased production.
This foul proctce of refusing Jobs to minority group
members who completely capable of doing the work
is practice which weokens the entire moral fibre of the
o1&xx + of
Our morality, our very democracy is based on the
DIGNITY the importance of the individual When begin
rotionozinq this bosic tenet excusng discrimination,
findino reason why the individual should not be treot
ed as eQuo we weaken utterly destroy = the very
bosc of our whole civilization We become prey to all
the rotten otionoIzotions that have destroyed demo-
crocy in other notions of the world Hitler roonolized
owoy the importance of the Jew human being. And
The Germon lost all of his human values we'll.
We must beware of making oophoIes in basic
creed lest we all slip through and become lost IN the
foIocy of naturalization.
Amony the issues at the very heart of the fight for
civil rqhts is the fight for fair employment practices
The roht to work The right to spend the mony hours at
work in Job thot uses ones full ability.
These proposed civil rights laws NOT only for the
benefit of minority groups who stond at dsodvon
zoe in findnq work Establishing equal rights will roise
majority groups as we'll TO level of human dignity and
decency that can only be achieved when there loop
hole in the moral structure when ali accepted in
the community as equals