Deputy Attorney General William P. Rogers announced today the text of a revised non-discrimination clause for contracts executed by the United States Government.
Mr. Rogers said that revisions in the new clause define the discriminatory employment practices based on race, color, religion, or national origin as well as provide for the posting of notices in conspicuous places on the job by the contractor in order to acquaint employes and applicants for employment with the provisions of the non-discrimination clause.
The purpose in revising the clause was to clarify it to guarantee equal job opportunities for all persons in companies doing business with the government. One of the responsibilities of the President’s Committee on Government Contracts, said Mr. Rogers, is to make certain that the contracting agencies of the government see to it that contractors who do business with the Federal Government do not discriminate because of race, religion, color, or national origin.
Mr. Rogers made the announcement as chairman of the Subcommittee on Contract Clause Revision of the President’s Committee on Government Contracts. The committee was established by executive order of the President in August, 1953, to continue work initiated under the Democratic Administration. The text of the revised non-discrimination clause is as follows:
“In connection with performance of work under this contract, the contractor agrees not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, or national origin. The aforesaid provision shall include, but no be limited to, the following: employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay, or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship.
“The contractor agrees to post hereafter in conspicuous places, available for employees or applicants for employment, notices to be provided by the contracting officer setting forth the provisions of the non-discrimination clause. The contractor further agrees to insert the foregoing provision in all subcontracts hereunder, except subcontracts for standard commercial supplies or raw materials.”
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