OVERSIGHT ON FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT OF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY LAWS HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor 36-804 O HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1979 KF27 E3366 1978b COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey EDWARD P. BEARD, Rhode Island CEC HEFTEL, Hawaii BALTASAR CORRADA, Puerto Rico DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan ALBERT H. QUIE, Minnesota JOHN BUCHANAN, Alabama SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California, Chairman JOHN H. DENT, Pennsylvania EDWARD P. BEARD, Rhode Island MICHAEL O. MYERS, Pennsylvania JOSEPH A. LE FANTE, New Jersey TED WEISS, New York WILLIAM "BILL” CLAY, Missouri BALTASAR CORRADA, Puerto Rico CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Ex Officio RONALD A. SARASIN, Connecticut 79-601864 Blunt, Kathleen, associate director, Women Employed, Chicago, Ill., accom- panied by Judith Lichtman, executive director, Women's Legal Defense Contreras, Joel G., director, Employment Litigation, Mexican American Goldstein, Barry L., assistant general counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, D.C., accompanied by Charles Ste- phen Ralston, first assistant counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educa- Leach, Daniel E., Vice Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Commis- Newman, Winn, general counsel, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, Washington, D.C., accompanied by Carole Wilson, Norton, Eleanor H., Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... Rodriguez, Armando M., Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Seymour, Richardson, director of Government employment projects, Law- yers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., accompa- 305 Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, et cetera- 317 Davis, Hilton, vice president, legislative action, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, letter to Chairman Hawkins, dated December 15, 1978, Goldstein, Barry, assistant general counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Letter to Chairman Hawkins, dated November 28, 1978, with enclo- sures Testimony of 374 358 Green, Arthur L., board of directors, International Association of Official 536 McGuiness, Kenneth C., president, Equal Employment Advisory Council, |