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Ohio, Illinois Governors Act to End Jewish Survey Notes Nationwide Progress in Civil Rights Laws
NEW YORK, (JTA) — A na- chusetts and Connecticut. took important first steps by
tionwide survey by two major strengthened their statutes on creating human relations com-
Bias in Accommodations, Jobs
missions with authority to in-
Jewish organizations of civil housing.
CLEVELAND, (JTA) — Gov-
ernor Michael V. DiSalle signed
into law this week House Bill
918, aimed at combating dis-
crimination in public accommo-
dations because of race, creed,
color or national origin.
, Passage of the legislation,
which was vigorously supported
by leaders of both political
parties, was largely due to the
efforts of the Ohio Committee
for Civil Rights Legislation, in
which religious, labor, racial,
and civic groups are repre-
sented.
The organized Jewish commu-
nities of Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Toledo, Dayton, Columbus and
Youngstown have been active
supporters of the committee, to-
gether with representatives of
the other religious faiths.
The legislation completely re-
vises the Ohio Public Accom-
modation Act which goes back
to the 19th century.
It provides that the Ohio
Civil Rights Commission, es-
tablished in 1959 will have
enforcement powers to pre-
vent racial and religious dis-
crimination in hotels, restau-
rants, barber shops, skating
rinks, and all other places of
public accommodations.
Under the new provisions, an
offended person need only make
out an affidavit reporting the
discrimination and the Ohio
Civil Rights Commission is then
charged with responsibility for
seeing that the discrimination
is eliminated.
From a Jewish standpoint,
the bill is notable in that it
marks the first time that dis-
crimination against persons be-
cause of their religious faith is
prohibited. The earlier act had
been limited to racial discrimi-
nation.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill., (JTA)—
A bill to create the state's first
Fair Employment Practices
Commission has been signed
into law by Gov: Otto- Kerner.
The measure provides for
a graduated series of widen-
ing -coverages starting... with
employers of 100 or more per-
sons and labor unions with
100- or more members. On
JUly 1, 1963, . coverage will
automatically be. extended to
employers and unions with
75 workers or members and
on July 1, 1965, the law will
again be extended to cover
50 or more employees and
union members.
The five-man commission will
have authority to hear charges
of discrimination in employ-
ment arising because of race,
.
DAYENtI
creed or color: The commission
will have the power to issue
subpoenas, conduct hearings
and issue cease and desist
orders.
Technion Supervises
33,000-Ton Shipments
of Asphalt to Turkey
Thirty-three shipments total-
ling 33,000 tons of hot asphalt
have been shipped to Turkey
during the past year, under' the
supervision of the Chemical
Testing Department of the Is-
rael Technion's Research and
Development Foundation.
The shipment was carried out
under contract. between the
"Paz" company representing the
Fuel Export • Corporation and
the Turkish Government, with
the Technion employed to en-
sure quality,
An oil tanker specially equip-
ped to carry the asphalt in a
liquid state et a temperature of
between 100 and 150 degrees
centigrade was used for the
purpose. Shipments, to three
Turkish ports, began in May,
1960, with 1,000 tons being car-
ried on each voyage.
Technion chemical experts
tested each batch of hot asphalt
during production at the re-
fineries and again during load-
ing at Haifa port.
rights legislation enacted this
year by the states disclosed that
greater progress had been made
from Jan. 1 through mid-July
than in any comparable period
in history.
All areas of the country, other
than the deep South, contrib-
uted significantly to this record.
The survey was conducted by
the American Jewish Committee
and the Anti-Defamation League
of Bnai Brith. It established
that discrimination in housing
was' a major civil rights concern
of the state legislatures. Penn-
sylvania, Minnesota, New York
and New Hampshire enacted
laws prohibiting discrimination
in private housing.
They thus joined the four
states that had previously -
passed such measures: Colo-
rado, Oregon, Massachusetts
and Connecticut. Both Massa-
Hit Pancake Milestone
Milt Burg of the Golden Nug-
get Pancake House announces
that 1,000,000 pancakes have
been sold in the three months
since its opening. Located on
north Woodward, south of 13
Mile Rd., Pancake House fea-
tures a Pancake Jamboree every
Monday.
Bills on housing discrimina-
tion are still pending in several
other states, including. New
Jersey.
This year thus far has also
been important for the enact-
ment of fair employment laws.
Here the activity was centered
in the mid-west, since most
eastern and far-western states
already have FEP laws.
Illinois, Kansas, and Missour
passed fully enforceable f
employment practice laws, w e
Idaho made discriminatio in
employment a crime.
Indiana strengthened its EP
law, which at this point i not
a full enforceable statut by
including subpoena powers.
In Illinois, 'the enactmen
of a fully enforceable FEP
law fulfilled more than • 16
years of legislative effort in
this field. Missouri is particu-
larly significant because it is
a southern border state. There
are now 20 states with fully
enforceable FEP laws.
Idaho, New Hampshire, North
Dakota and Wyoming joined the
24 other states which now ban
discrimination in places of pub-
lic accommodation, resort or
amusement.
Nevada and West Virginia
vestigate charges of discrimina-
tion and prejudice.
Printed in the interests of the
City of Hope and the con-
tinued battle s-
trophic disea
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For Hardwork.
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Because he had the FOLLOW
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Written by
Bill Benderoff,
Detroit Business Men's
Group, City of Hope.
(Adv.)
400 Jewish Emigrants
Seek Settlement in
Argentina, Hias States
NEW YORK, (JTA) — More
than 400 prospective immigrants
are registered with the United
Hias Service for ultimate reset-
tlement in Argentina, it was
reported by Marek Schindelmann,
director of the United Hias
Service for Argentina.
Most of them are natives of
Eastern European and Middle
Eastern countries, he declared.
Schindelmann, who , arrived
here for a series of meetings at
the United • Hias :headquarters,
said that more than 1,300 Jewish
.persons have been helped by the
United 'Ilias Service to- migrate
to Argentina during the seven
years he has been director of
the agency's operations in that
country. -
In recent years the emphasis
has been on resettling Jewish
newcomers in Cordoba, Mendoza,
Rosario and other areas, rather
than in Buenos Aires. This pol-
icy was adopted in compliance
with the wishes of Argentine
government authorities that new-
comers should not be concen-
trated solely in the capital city,
he said.
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