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FEPC debate stalls as divided House pushes fair employment bill
The House approved a voluntary fair employment practice bill by 240 to 177, while Southern Democrats blocked the compulsory FEPC and a Senate filibuster makes enactment unlikely this session. The bill creates a five member commission with subpoena power but no enforcement authority, and debate may resume in March. The piece also notes a new Agriculture Department cookbook and wartime POW claims with a March 1, 1951 deadline.
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