AillefiCall Thursday, July 20, 1950 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE Page 12 Public's Apathy Kills Veteran Honored Truce Mich Sees Peace in Middle East FEPC, Study Reveals CHICAGO Fair employment practices laws have been de- feated in many states because their sponsors have failed to win the active support of the very groups—organized labor for one—that would be directly benefited by passage of such legistlation. At the same time, state and local chambers of commerce, boards of trade and real estate and retailers' associations have grouped together "overwhelmingly" in their opposition to FEPC. — These are the principal con- clusions of a documented study of FEPC campaigns in 27 states. The study was conducted by Bernard Goldstein of the Univer- sity of Chicago Committee on Educational Training and Re- serch in Race Relations and spon- sored jointly by the American Council on Race Relations and the Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith. It was carried . on under the direction of Prof. , Louis Wirth, president of ACRR,- and Dr. Leo Srole, ADL research director. Effective support of FEPC has been almost entirely limited to a few "organizations dedicated to the preservation and enlargement of the rights of ethnic and other minority groups," the report says. On the other hand, "in state after state, from one year to the next, the organized business and in- dustrial interests have opposed state FEPC. BUSINESS OBJECTS In every state where the issue was important enough to bring it out into the open, it has been possible to identify one of these organizations as the leader of the opposition. In almost every case, the chamber of commerce, board of trade, real estate board, re- tailers' associations and assorted business and employers' associa- tions were listed either as out- spoken opponents or as having appeared to testify against FEPC, or both." Noting that 10 states have pass- ed fair employment practices legislation, the study bears down heavily on those groups in whose interest FEPC would seem to operate. "The role of organized labor has been particularly dis- appointing in view of the pro- fessed stand which it hag taken," it declares. Veterans organiza- tions "have shown little aware- ness" of FEPC. Proponents have similarly failed sufficiently to interest most of the religious de- nominations, rural and suburban populations or appreciable num- bers of national organizations. LEGISLATIVE INACTION In 40 cases where final dis- position of FEPC bills is known, 26 cases show that FEPC died as the result of total legislative in- action. Of the same 40 bills, only six were defeated on the floor of the legislature. Of the others, some were defeated in committee, some died in committee, and some died in other ways before reaching the floor. The quiet demise of bills which effect the welfare of all citizens, their defeat without debate, with- Out public discussion, emphasizes the need for widespread cam- paigns, the report reveals. The survey shows that passage or defeat of state FEPC bills can be linked with the national pro- grams of neither the Democratic nor the Republican party. While FEPC is often a partisan issue in the separate states, in the 27 states studied, support or opposi- tion to this legislation was about evenly divided between the two parties. In 56 instances where bills were introduced, Republicans controlled both houses of the legislature in 37 cases. In 30 of these cases the bills were de- feated; in seven they were pass- ed. On the other hand, Demo- cratic legislatures passed one bill out of the seven where they were in control. RURAL OPPOSITION One conclusion as to general political feeling can be drawn, however, from the circumstances that Republicans predominated in rural areas in states where the bills were defeated. Suburban populations a r e seemingly aligned with rural pop- ulations in opposition to FEPC and, in general, the states having a greater number of cities and higher percentage of urban dwellers are more favorably dis- posed to FEPC. "It may be that if the pro- ponents of FEPC are properly organized, they will be in a posi- tion to overcome the opposition which, from a territorial stand- point, is more diffuse. We con- clude that the political situation and the nature of the campaign are the vital factors." The report deals with the prob- lem of left-wing support in FEPC campaign. Opponents will make use of every opportunity it de- clares, to describe FEPC as 'Communist - inspired' and the proponents as 'Communist tools'. 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