Irving M. Engel, chairman of the executive committee of the American Jewish Committee, and five others have been named by President Truman this week-end to serve on a new committee established to help enforce anti-discrimination clauses written into government contracts with private companies.
The committee will cooperate with government purchasing agencies to seek ways of strengthening the enforcement of clauses in government contracts which specify that there shall be no discrimination because of race, color, or creed. Dwight R.G. Palmer, chairman of the board of the General Cable Corp., was named by Mr. Truman to serve as committee chairman. Other members include James B. Carey, C.I.O. secretary-treasurer; D.H. Davis, general manage of the Kansas City Call; Oliver W. Hill, a Richmond, Va., attorney, and George Meany, secretary-treasurer of the A.F.L. Mr. Hill and Mr. Davis are Negroes.
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