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no secret that American principles of
democracy hawgfnbt yet been extended
to all Americans. The FEP act should
reassure' our belief in democracy.”
- Several tangible evidences of this
“reassurance of b e liS in democracy”
from the “grassroots” have come to the
attention of th~e^|W^ p of laiBmrehent-
B
The cleaning up of job-application
forms having discriminatory questions
is part of the bureau’s work under the
FEP acti RecenitMit was discovered
that some Oregon firms were |o||n||
printed forms supplied by a ilg-tim e
out-of-state printSngwcmnPar^^^^^^
firm being informed about the Oregon
bow and the illegality I of the questions
it I was distributing as'slir, ed^ih'^bureau
of labor’ that im m ediately^!B>uld
delete the o|&f|||ve questions not only
on those blanks furnisheBj^^^^^gon'
customers but on all forms sent to
othe^^j^^s .not having FEP laws. It
assured the labor department of its
futu^^Bo?^^^on.
Tl^^thege^ideri^ that the leaven of
economic democracy haSbegun to w^ ^
involved an employer named in a
-com^^^ t^A-1 S u n g NegW^o’llege stu-
of’ school fobjBKijterm in
B i r to earn
m o n B ^ M nn-
tinue college, answered an ad in a
Portland paper for help wanted. When
she asked to see the manager of the
told by the re-’
cep?^mist: “No colored help, need ap-
p l y S h e filed a complaint. When the
deputy commissioner visited the com-
M ll^ £ B jS -it the matter he was
visibly disturbed by the discriminatory
action of his employe. What HBBHM
p ^ ^ g ^ BieSh n in g. -w the M S t y on
the case was the fact that the manager
accepted responsibility for the action of
f f iB ^ p l
He immediately stres
sed 't'hO|^^^ascriminato^|p^ ^^ K f
his firm to all employees and warned
that any employe not conforming in
the future to such policy would be
fired. It was the belief of this S u ng
employer ^Ifexpressed ||@ the deputy
Commissioner %Hat democracy’' dapppt
be taught outside theB nited States
unless it be practiced within by those
at home. Before the deputyscommis-
sioner left thUI man. offered
vices to the 1 a b o r department’s
speakers’ bureau Iso he could speak out
f or .the FEP
Mr. Kimsey, and his staff in their
report of activities! during the law’s
first year think they have made a good
beginning. Much has been accomplish
ed. Positions in chain groceries, retail
clerical positions and in food p fo |esls
sing and packirig --plants„have been
opened for t l ^ first time . to Negroes.-
But the labor commissioner reminds
that much remains to be done. “There
are problems of other minarity-grouira
otherLihan Negroes which m ull he
solved,” sa^ys Mr. Kimsey.., “ They are
the largest minority in Oregon and the
most frequent victims of discrimina
tion. But there are also large^numbers'
Of Chinese and Japaries^Mtwhom only
certain kinds of work are accessible.
There is a large Indian population
whose adjustment® ’American life is’
made more difficult by the limitation
of employment "opportui8j|Sj| There
S q K latholics and Jews who sometimes
^mdl that Ealeir' religion is a bar to their
S ip lo y m S t.”
Kimsey stresses that educshion over
a long term' is ’the key to the Oregon
problem. This fall his staff is distrib-
igM^KesauKc.^' books throughout all
public and ¡W raM ibiKils, of the-state.
Thes^onoks will' contamhaaterials. ex
plaining, the*„Oregon act, facts on race
and prejudice I arid the conditions that
make for better comm£®B®human re-
lations. Cooperation of school te'a®gB®^
and librarians has been secured for
this educational ^venture’. ,
Oregon is "-today one of eight states
with an FEP’j'act." Legislatures d.f 14
states are considerinlufoassage’of^gm^
ilar statutes. Now that the Oregon law
has finishedgEt^MBkedoJB^periodff|he*s1g
states have begun to evaluate the year’s
work done in ^ re ’gon. Questions and
appeals for information are coming in
from these states. • For them Oregon is
the pioneerj B ate in economic democ
racy.
Sure Cure
I Anybody noticed how many doctòrsr
Cére. using shock» treatment now^|y s|
They mail ’em out theyfirst, of every
pffbhth.