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Meany Calls for Strong FEPC to Enforce Equal Jobs
AFL CIO President George Meany urged Congress to pass robust antijob discrimination laws to back the federation in pushing for equal employment opportunity for African Americans. Testifying before a Senate subcommittee, he cited local resistance and noted progress but a long path ahead, with opposition rooted in Southern white sentiment and Northern job fears. Philip Randolph, advancing the case for a federal FEPC, warned against repeating 1946 and 1950 filibusters that stalled civil rights protection.
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