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he declared. 1.-THE real problem
Is to break down old habits Of
thinking and old ways Of do
ing things 50 we can end the in
justice and discrimination that
undoubtedly exist"
He told the Committee that
equal access to employment is
only one STEP"
"The more important step is
equal access to the training
that lays down the qualifica-
tons for that employment" he
continued. To that end, he said,
he planned to call conference
of educators and community
leaders to seek long-range re-
concentrations to make up for
many years Of neglect.
The Vice President, together
with Secretary Of Labor Arthur
J. Goldberg, Committee vice
chairman, and Assistant Secre-
tary of Labor Jerry R. Helle-
man, executive vice chairman,
submitted report to President
Kennedy on the Committees
first nine months of activity.
The report, he said, pointed up
the following accomplishments
of the Committee in it's first
nine months of operation:
/. Fostered the "Plans for
Progress" program under which
! fifty-two of the nations larg-
est industrial corporations, en-
ploying more than 100000
workers, have pledged affirma-
tive and specific steps to end
job discrimination.
2. Ran the first check on the
first six companies which sign
ed up under the "Plans for
Progress" program and the sur
vey demonstrated that these
employers had increased minori-
ty group employment all the
way from a rate of 47.5T for
officials and supervisors to
1880 among semi-skilled and
unskilled operatives.
8. Launched negotiations with
major unions to sign "Plans
for Progress" in the field of
anti-discrimination.
A. Secured a non-discrimina-
ton clause in the joint appren-
tice-ship program of the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers and the Nation
al Electrical Workers Associa-
ton.
5. Secured a non-discrimina-
ton clause in the joint appren-
ticeship program on the Brick
layers International Union, the
Mason Contractors Association
and the Associated General
Contractors.
6. Achieved significant break
throughs in jobs - the first
Negro production workers in a
tobacco plant in North Caro-
lima; the first Negro production
workers in an oil refinery in IL
linois and oil and chemical
plants in Louisiana; the first
Negro metal fabricators in a
plant in Missouri; the first
Negro production workers in
aircraft plants in Georgia and
North Carolina; the first Negro
production workers in electro
MICS jobs in Connecticut and
Tennessee.
z. Set up an accounting sys-
tenn on minority group employ
ment among $4,000 firms en-
playing some 15,500,000 work
ers - and the information from
this system will soon furnish us
a valuable guide.
8. Conducted the first COM
plete survey in decades of the
number of people from "minori-
ty groups" working for the
Federal Government.
9. Conducted spot check -
SIX monthse after the survey -
disclosing that employment of
Negroes in Federal Grades 5
through IL had increased by 7
percent, whereas overall en-
Payment in the same grades
naa increased by 5 per cent.
10. Directed tour of colleges
by Civil Service Commission
members to explain to people
of minority groups that Govern
ment employment is now open
to them on the basis of merit.
II. Launched programs to
persuade Cabinet members and
agency heads to resurvey min
ority group members in the
lower grades to determine whet-
her any had been by-passed on
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