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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1965

Page

9

Job Bias Meeting Set At Boston

Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr will head a panel of experts meeting New England industrial leaders at a October 29 conference on employment discrimination. Three workshops will cover the social illegal and economic aspects of the Civil Rights Act. Roosevelt, former New York congressman and Kennedy era commerce undersecretary, chairs the EEOC and led the Appalachian Regional Commission plan.

Boston Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr President’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission New England Snelling and Snelling Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Federal Commission Roosevelt New York Kennedy Appalachian Regional Commission

Ex Klansman Tells All to House Unit

A former Klansman testified for five hours to the House Un American Activities Committee, giving an inside view of the Klan. Rep. Weitner said the witness would be valuable at hearings set for early October examining violence and internecine power struggles within Klans. The investigation aims to expose finances and operations of the Klan. In other news, a White House report cites fiscal 1965 timber harvest at 11.24 billion board feet, up from 10.95 billion the prior year.

Washington House Committee On Un-American Activities Charles L. Weitner Dga Weltner Atlanta UPI White House Orville L. Freeman Johnson

Roosevelt Led Civil Rights Roles in Government and City

The subject served as vice chairman of the 1964 President Truman Commission on Civil Rights and was the first chairman of the New York City Commission on Human Rights from 1947 to 1949. An attorney, he earned degrees from Harvard and the University of Virginia.

President Truman New York City Commission On Human Rights Roosevelt Harvard University of Virginia

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