the Jewish Labor Committee charged in a brief filed here with Franklin D, Roosevelt, Jr., chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, that research data shows that “discrimination against Jews continues in our major centers of Jewish population.” That bias, according to Emanuel Muravchik, national director of the JLC, is rife particularly in the white collar field, and in technical, administrative, executive and professional employment.
Mr. Muravchik submitted the brief in response to a request by Mr. Roosevelt for reactions to a proposal that 60,000 of the largest American firms be required to submit annual reports on their practices regarding the hiring of persons from minority groups. “Any proper reporting process,” stated the JLC executive, “like any proper enforcement procedure, must deal with discrimination against Jews as well as against Negroes, Hispanic Americans, American Indians and Orientals.” the JLC, however, Mr. Roosevelt was told, opposes the questioning of individual employees as to their religion or race. Mr. Muravchik proposed alternative methods for determining whether individuals are Jewish.
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