Wall Street Journal Reports 'Ferment' Arising
Over Issue of Jewish Jobs in Executive Suite;
Experts See Latent Prejudice Exists in U. S.
NEW YORK (JTA)—The Wall do not argue when confronted with
Street Journal, in a front page stir- data on non-employment of Jews.
vey, has reported that Jewish ef- John W. Kingsbury, the assistant
forts to persuade certain industries vice president for personnel at
to accept Jewish applicants for AT&T, told the Wall Street Journal
executive and managerial posts that "we have been pushing harder
had produced a "broad ferment at to make our recruiters aware of
large corporations." any biases they might have."
The survey cited the parallel na-
LABOR DEPT. ACTS
tional campaigns launched recently
This
spring, after an appeal from
by the American Jewish Commit-
tee and the Anti-Defamation the American Jewish Committee,
the United States Labor Depart-
League of Bnai Brith.
The report said that the two or- ment began preliminary moves by
ganizations, "in quiet negotiations asking religious data on headquar-
over the past two and a half years, ters employes of insurance com-
have helped start programs to re- panies that handle Medicare funds
cruit Jews at companies like First and banks that hold federal govern-
Pennsylvania Banking and Trust ment deposits.
Addressing the annual dinner
CO. in Philadelphia and at such
meeting of the Philadelphia
Corporate giants as American Tel-
Chapter of the American Jewish
ephone and Telegraph Company,
Scott Paper Co., Pennsylvania Committee, John R. Bunting Jr.,
Railroad Co. and, according to the executive vice president of First
American Jewish Committee, Pennsylvania Banking and Trust,
Southern California Edison, a ma- said that his firm was seeking to
eliminate "the subtle anti-Jewish
jor utility.
Referring to "the changing na- atmosphere that the young Jew-
ture of resistance to employment ish trainee thinks he feels" in
of Jewish executives," the survey American commercial banks by
COmmented: "Outright discrimina- bringing "a leading Jewish
tion still exists, but it is less preva- figure into the power structure of
lent than in past years, observers our bank." The bank is the larg-
say. More often, companies simply est in Philadelphia.
have been slow to implement their
ADL TO HELP BELL
own oft-stated policies that they
The
Anti-Defamation League of
hire and promote solely on the
Bnai Brith has agreed to act as a
basis of merit."
Some executives reportedly consultant to the Bell Telephone
consider findings of few Jews in System, to aid that firm in seeking
top management in insurance, out Jewish candidates for execu-
banking and utilities as mislead- tive and managerial positions.
Benjamin R. Epstein, national
ing because, in big companies,
"It ususally takes 20 to 30 years ADL director, who announced the
to reach the top jobs. The fact project, said that the effort was
that there aren't many Jewish aimed at the "underutilization of
executives around now might Jews in the Bell System. He said
show there was discrimination 25 that the company had taken "an
years ago, but it doesn't say important step forward" to alter
much about the current state of the conception that industries'
affairs," these executives assert. doors are closed to Jews.
Many of the larger companies
The top managements of New
York City's 50 mutual savings
banks, which were revealed a
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The new survey revealed that
eight new Jewish trustees have
been added to the 22 serving a
year ago—an increase of more
than 36 per cent. When the original
survey was made, the figures re-
vealed that the 22 added up to less
than 3.5 per cent of the total num-
ber of 750 trustees. The percentage
now is about 4 per cent.
However, the 1965 figure of less
than 2.5 per cent of Jewish execu-
tives among the 400 working for the
city's mutual savings banks re-
mains the same a year later, the
new report revealed.
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"JeWS • in.- • the Mind. of :America;"
made public at a meeting of the
national executive board of the
American Jewish Committee, by
John Slawson, executive vice presi-
dent. The book was jointly pub-
lished by Basic Books and the
AJC's Institute of Human Relations
Press.
URGES NEW ADVANCES
An American Jewish leader ex-
pressed fears that the "dramatic
and significant" advances in mu-
tual understanding among Christ-
ians and Jews during the past
year may be jeopardized if both
groups do not accelerate efforts
to learn more about each other.
The warning was contained in
a report by Philip E. Hoffman,
chairman of the board of gover-
nors of the American Jewish
Committee.
Hoffman cited numerous tech-
niques used by national, regional
and local bodies of Catholics,
Protestants, Eastern Orthodox
and Jews in "enthusiastic efforts
among school children, teen-
agers, college and university stu-
dents, seminarians, clergymen
and adults" — all eager to "join
in a movement" given "historic
impetus" by the Ecumenical
Council.
He held that, nevertheless, a
deep mutual ignorance remains,
and "much of Christian thinking
is completely inadequate about the
living Jewish community, the syna-
gogue, and Judaism as relevant
expressions of an unbroken and
vital way." At the same time, he
cautions, Jews are also generally
in serious need of developing new
categories of thinking and under-
standing about Christians and
Christianity.
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