ROY WILKINS, Chairman CLARENCE M. MITCHELL, Legislative Chairman MARVIN CAPLAN, Director, Washington Office J. FRANCIS POHLHAUS, Special Consultant LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, Washington, D.C., June 20, 1967. Hon. JOSEPH S. CLARK, Washington, D.C. DEAR SENATOR CLARK: The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights at its meeting yesterday reaffirmed its support for S. 1308, the bill introduced by Senator Javits and yourself to amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Leadership Conference believes that giving the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission the power to issue cease and desist orders as provided in S. 1308 will be a substantial and significant step toward equality of employment opportunities throughout the country. With power to issue enforceable orders, the Commission will be able to multiply and accelerate its work and to bring more and more Negroes and other minorities into the mainstream of American economic life. The Leadership Conference testified strongly in support of S. 1308. Roy Wilkins, our Chairman, gave the major testimony and both Joseph Rauh, our General Counsel, and I gave supporting testimony. Subsequent to that testimony we submitted to you certain changes resolving the dispute over cease and desist powers vis-a-vis individual private suits. We believe the resolution of this matter has been a wise and useful one and that the bill with the amendments we propose is not satisfactory to, but much desired by, all the organizations in the Leadership Conference. We urge you to report out the bill at the earliest possible moment and to use your good offices to get it to the floor of the Senate. The country needs a Civil Rights Bill this year; your work can provide the vehicle for it and we are all deeply grateful to you for your leadership. Sincerely yours, CLARENCE MITCHELL, Legislative Chairman. Attachment. LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL RIGHTS COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS African Methodist Episcopal Church. A.M.E. Zion Church. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen. American Civil Liberties Union. American Ethical Union. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees. American Federation of Teachers. AFL-CIO. American Jewish Committee. American Jewish Congress. American Newspaper Guild. American Veterans Committee. Americans for Democratic Action. Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. A. Philip Randolph Foundation. B'nai B'rith Women. Board of Social Ministry, Lutheran Church in America. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Catholic Interracial Council. Christian Family Movement. Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Church of the Brethren Service Commission. Citizens Lobby for Freedom & Fair Play. College YCS National Staff. Congress of Racial Equality. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity. Frontiers International. Hadassah. Hotel, Restaurant Employees & Bartenders International Union. International Ladies Garment Workers Union of America. Japanese American Citizens League. Jewish Labor Committee. Jewish War Veterans. Labor Zionist Organization of America. League for Industrial Democracy. Medical Commission for Human Rights. National Alliance of Postal & Federal Employees. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. National Association of College Women. National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. National Association Real Estate Brokers, Inc. National Baptist Convention, USA. National Bar Association. National Beauty Culturists League, Inc. National Catholic Social Action Conference. National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice. National Community Relations Advisory Council. National Council of Catholic Men. National Council of Catholic Women. National Council of Churches, Commission on Religion and Race. National Council of Jewish Women. National Council of Negro Women. National Council of Puerto Rican Volunteers. National Council of Senior Citizens, Inc. National Dental Association. National Farmers Union. National Federation of Catholic College Students. National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers. National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods. National Jewish Welfare Board. National Medical Association. National Newman Student Federation. National Newspaper Publishers Association. National Organization for Mexican-American Services. National Sharecroppers Fund. National Student Christian Federation. National Urban League. Negro American Labor Council. North American Federation of the Third Order of St. Francis. Northern Student Movement. Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. Phi Delta Kappa Sorority. Pioneer Women. Presbyterian Interracial Council. Protestant Episcopal Church, Division of Christian Citizenship. Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union. Southern Beauty Congress. Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Textile Workers Union of America. Transport Workers Union of America. Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Unitarian Universalist Association, Commission on Religion and Race. United Automobile Workers of America. United Church of Christ, Committee for Racial Justice Now. United Hebrew Trades. United Packinghouse, Food & Allied Workers. United Presbyterian Church, Commission on Religion & Race. United States National Student Association. United States Youth Council. United Steelworkers of America. United Synagogue of America. United Transport Service Employees of America. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Workmen's Circle. Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR-CONGRESS Hon. JOSEPH S. CLARK, DEAR SENATOR CLARK: We want to add our own separate word of support for S. 1308, with the amendments proposed by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. As one of the organizations participating in the Conference, the Industrial Union Department took an active part in working out the questions raised in the original version of S. 1308 by the sections providing for individual private suits. The changes Clarence Mitchell submitted to you resolve those questions to our satisfaction. We gladly endorse S. 1308. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission badly needs the additional powers S. 1308 would give the agency. The country, just as badly, needs this and the other sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1967. S. 1308, which owes so much to your leadership, could provide the vehicle for the entire Act. We know you share our sense of urgency in this matter. We are sure you will do your utmost to see that the bill is reported out as soon as possible. Sincerely yours, JACK T. CONWAY, (Whereupon, at 3:30 p.m., the subcommittee adjourned subject to call of the Chair.) Ό |