THE PHILADELPHIA PLAN

CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT

OF

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES
(The Department of Labor)

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEPARATION OF POWERS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

THE PHILADELPHIA PLAN

and
S. 931

A BILL TO RESTORE AN APPROPRIATE SEPARATION OF
POWERS WITHIN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE AREA
OF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND TO PRECLUDE
ENCROACHMENT UPON THE LEGISLATIVE POWERS AND
FUNCTIONS OF THE CONGRESS IN THIS AREA

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OCTOBER 27 AND 28, 1969

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CONTENTS

HEARING DATES

Monday, October 27, 1969.

Tuesday, October 28, 1969.

OPENING STATEMENT

Ervin, Hon. Sam J., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of North Carolina,

subcommittee chairman_

TESTIMONY

Brooke, Hon. Edward W., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts

Fannin, Hon. Paul J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Arizona..

Javits, Hon. Jacob K., a U.S. Senator from the State of New York

Leonard, Jerris, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, De-

partment of Justice; accompanied by Benjamin W. Mintz, Deputy Chief

of the Coordination and Special Appeals Section of the Civil Rights

Division, and Hugh M. Durham, Office of the Deputy Attorney General
Naumann, William E., national representative, The Associated General
Contractors of America; accompanied by Arthur F. Hintze, director,
Government Relations Department, Associated General Contractors,
and staff editor of Constructor magazine_-

Pucinski, Hon. Roman C., a Representative in Congress from the Eleventh
Congressional District of the State of Illinois..

Sensing, Thurman, executive vice president, Southern States Industrial

Council..

Sherman, Louis, general counsel, Building and Trades Division AFL-CIO.
Shultz, Hon. George P., Secretary of Labor; accompanied by Arthur A.
Fletcher, Assistant Secretary for Wage and Labor Standards, Horace E.
Menasco, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor, Laurence H. Silberman,
Solicitor of Labor, and John L. Wilks, Director, Office of Federal Con-
tract Compliance__

Staats, Hon. Elmer B., Comptroller General of the United States; accom-

panied by Robert F. Keller, Assistant Comptroller General, J. Edward

Welch, Acting General Counsel, General Accounting Office, and Melvin
E. Miller, Assistant General Counsel, General Accounting Office------
Taylor, Harry P., executive director, General Building Contractors'
Association, Inc.; accompanied by Ralph P. Powell, counsel _ _ _ _

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD

American Road Builders' Association-Statement of Burton F. Miller,

executive vice president..

Department of Labor-Memorandum clarifying certain points raised at
hearings, with letter of December 2, 1969_.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People-Statement

of Herbert Hill, national labor director.

National Association of Miscellaneous, Ornamental and Architectural

Products Contractors-Statement of Fred L. Maddison, president, with

article from the Washington Post of November 11, 1969, "U.S. Sets

Boston Plan on Minority Hiring".

National Association of Reinforcing Steel Contractors-Statement of

Charles W. Ross, President, with article from Detroit News, October 28,

1969, "Blacks Endorse 'Detroit Plan' for Trades Harmony", and

article from the Washington Post, November 9, 1969, "Chicago Unions

Agree to Train More Blacks".

Philadelphia Urban Coalition-Statement of Charles W. Bowser, executive

director...