Planks urging legislation guaranteeing equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, or creed to all Americans were adopted by both the Republican and Democratic State Central Committees at their party conventions here this week-end. The Democrats adopted a plank calling outright for F.E.P.C. legislation by the California legislature, with a commission and the necessary enforcement machinery.
The Republicans adopted a plank reading: “No principle of this republic is more basic than insuring the equality of all individuals in their right to live, to be free to work, to own property and to pursue happiness. Equal opportunity in these matters must always be guaranteed all individuals regardless of race, religion, color, or place of birth. We urge favorable enactment of legislature to this end.”
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