Racial and religious discrimination in employment is steadily decreasing in New York State, it was reported here by Frieda S, Miller, State Industrial Commissioner and chairman of the Governor’s Committee on Discrimination in Employment.
“Hundreds of employers in this state who have discriminated against qualified workers because they were Negroes, or Jewish or of Italian or German extraction are reversing their policies,” Miss Miller reported.
“Our Committee on Discrimination in Employment has been indorsed by hundreds of the state’s most prominent industrialists, professional men and civic leaders, who have promised to do everything in their power to further the fight against discriminatory hiring practices,” Miss Miller said. “Although we have made considerable progress, the problem is still a formidable one, though misunderstandings are being cleared up and everything points to a complete use of all our available man power.”
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