OVERSIGHT HEARINGS ON FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT OF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY LAWS Part 1 THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1975 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Los Angeles, Calif. The subcommittee met at 9 a.m., pursuant to notice, in the George Kinsey Auditorium, California State Museum of Science and Industry, 700 State Drive, Los Angeles, Calif., Hon. Augustus F. Hawkins, chairman, presiding. Also present: Susan Grayson, staff director; Charles Knox, administrative assistant; Carole Schanzer, clerk; and Richard Mosse, assistant minority counsel. Mr. HAWKINS. The Subcommittee on Equal Opportunities of the House Committee on Education and Labor is called to order. The subcommittee is continuing its hearing on the subject matter that has been before the committee for several years now on Federal contracts compliance. For the record I would like to make this opening statement: Ten years ago, on September 24, 1965, President Lyndon Baines Johnson issued Executive Order No. 11246 prohibiting discrimination in employment on the basis of race, creed, color, or national origin by Federal contractors, and requiring Government contractors take affirmative action to insure equal opportunity for job applicants and employees. This order was amended in 1967 to include sex. If this Executive order had been implemented in the forceful manner it deserves, it could have been one of the most forceful tools in the civil rights arsenal. Unfortunately, that has not been the case. Federal contractors with 50 or more employees or Government contracts of $50,000 or more are required to submit written affirmative action plans meeting standards set forth in the regulations by the Secretary of Labor who is responsible for the administration of the Executive order. The preliminary responsibility for enforcing the Executive order, however, rests with the Federal agencies contracting with by the industry; at the present time 11 Federal agencies are designated "compliance agencies." Y4. Ed 8/1: Em 7/18/pt.1 OVERSIGHT HEARINGS ON FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION HEARINGS HELD IN LOS ANGELES, CALIF., MARCH 27, 1975; PART 1 Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor LIBRARIES COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey TED RISENHOOVER, Oklahoma EDWARD BEARD, Rhode Island RONALD MOTTL, Ohio TIM HALL, Illinois ALBERT H. QUIE, Minnesota JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont SUBCOMMITTEE ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California, Chairman WILLIAM "BILL" CLAY, Missouri JOHN BUCHANAN, Alabama ALBERT H. QUIE, Minnesota, Ex Officio JAIME BENITEZ, Puerto Rico Ball, Eddie, employee, Rockwell International, accompanied by: Clifton Burris, Claud Willis, Oscar Buttner and Jimmie G. Jarrett_ DeArmond, Gen. Michael E., Defense Contract Administration Services Region, Los Angeles, accompanied by Frederick A. Schrieber, Chief Officer of Contract Compliance and David Lee, Dunlop, Hon. John T., Secretary of Labor, accompanied by Bernard E. DeLury, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards; Fred Clark, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Administration and Management; William Kilberg, Solicitor of Labor; Philip Davis, Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance; and George F. Travers, Associate Director___ Hampton, Chairman Robert E., U.S. Civil Service Commission, accompanied by Hon. Ludwig J. Andolsek, Commissioner, Anthony Hudson, Director of Federal Equal Employment Opportunity, and Irving Kator, Assistant Executive Director of the Commission. Jenkins, Sandra, Task Force on Compliance, National Organization LeBell, Gen. Jonah, Defense Contract Administration Services Martinez, Vilma S., president and general counsel, Mexican American Oles Carl, vice president, personnel, Rockwell International, accom- Schnapper, Eric, assistant counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, N. Y Taylor, William L., director, Center for National Policy Review, Catholic University Law School, Washington, D.C.. Weaver, Albert J., member, Black Bricklayers Local 2, AFL-CIO, Prepared statements, Letters, Supplemental materials, etc.: Ball, Eddie J., chairman, Concerned Minorities of Rockwell Inter- Court Cases, Nos. 74-389 and 74-428. Davis, Philip, Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance, Executive Order 11246_ 295 81 290 2 42 90 94 159 240 149 79 110 Executive Order 11375_ 116 Fierro, Manuel D., president, National Congress of Hispanic American 222 |