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ASPER, a small, specialized organization, occupies

a very influential position within the Department but had no minority professionals as of July 7, 1971. For this reason, the Task Force decided to make a case study of the office by interviewing all of its employees. During the interviews, conducted between March 15 and June 8, 1971, employees were asked their impressions of ASPER's past and present recruitment policy for minorities, and to present ideas for a more effective policy. Clerical employees were also asked about the amount of training opportunities available to them.

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ASPER is responsible "for providing leadership in

the development of policies and programs needed to promote the welfare of all workers", and it serves as "the focal point of responsibility for initiating policy planning and research and for forwarding recommendations to the Secretary". The office began operations with a staff of several people in 1957 as the Office of Research and Development under then Deputy Assistant Secretary Charles Stewart. In 1963, it became the Office of Policy, Planning and Research with Daniel P. Moynihan as the Director. At that time, the staff had only about five professionals and did not grow in size significantly until 1969 when this number increased from approximately ten to twenty-two and the office assumed its present name. It

should be noted that most of this recruitment was done in

ternally but that no affirmative action was taken to

identify qualified and interested minorities.

1/United States Government Organization Manual;

1969-70, Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, GSA, p. 299.

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