Labor and Legislative Leaders Demand Immediate Passage of N. Y. Anti-discrimination Bill:

A demand for immediate approval of the anti-discrimination bills introduced into the New York State Legislature last week was made last night by Louis Hollander, president of the State Congress of Industrial Organizations, and Irving M. Ives, Republican leader of the Assembly, who is co-sponsor of the measures.

Opposition to the bills has developed from the New York State Chamber of Commerce, other employer groups and some legislators. The chamber of commerce has suggested that the penalty provisions be removed from the proposed legislation, but this has aroused strong objections from proponents of the measure who point out that it would be meaningless without enforcement powers. The bills, if adopted, would make New York the first state in the union to legally bar racial and religious discrimination in employment.