A complaint charging Columbia University with operating a placement bureau which uses discriminatory application blanks in violation of state law was filed with the New York State F.E.P.C. by the American Jewish Congress, it was reported today.
The Congress pointed out that a record for a teaching appointment, allegedly used at the University, asks “nationality,” “race,” and “place of birth.” Another record requests the applicant to fill in a space labeled “religion.” Such application forms are forbidden by law in New York, the Congress asserted.
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