RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FEDERAL POWER
COMMISSION IN THE AREA OF CIVIL RIGHTS

HEARINGS

BEFORE

THE CIVIL RIGHTS OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE

(SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 4)/

!!ated States, Co

OF THE

House

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION
IN THE AREA OF CIVIL RIGHTS

77-374

MARCH 2, 1972

Serial No. 24

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1972

Hearings held on-

March 2, 1972__

Testimony of

Nassikas, John N., Chairman, Federal Power Commission, accom-

panied by Webster P. Maxson, Executive Director; Gordon_Gooch,

General Counsel; Drexel D. Journey, Deputy General Counsel;

T. A. Phillips, Chief, Bureau of Power; Emmett J. Gavin, Assistant

to the Chairman; Leon J. Slavin, Chief, Administrative Staff,

Bureau of Natural Gas; Mary C. Dorn, Federal Power Commission

Women's Coordinator; Claudius L. Fike, Director, Office of Per-

sonnel Programs; Alexander Randolph, Jr., Equal Employment

Opportunity Officer; Daniel Goldstein, Assistant General Counsel;

Susan A. Marshall, Legal Assistant, Office of General Counsel;

Anita P. Green, Assistant to the Chairman; and Norma B. Smith,

Assistant to the Chairman.

Correspondence-

Bentley, Helen Delid, Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission, to

Hon. Don Edwards, May 8, 1972.

124

Brown, William H., III, Chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity

Commission, to Hon. Don Edwards, April 20, 1972---

121

Browne, Secor D. Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board, to Hon. Don

Edwards, May 22, 1972.

127

Burns, Arthur F., Chairman, Federal Reserve System, to Hon. Don

Edwards, May 18, 1972.

146

131

DeShazo, Thomas G., Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Depart-

ment of the Treasury, to Hon. Don Edwards, April 18, 1972.

Gooch, Gordon, General Counsel, Federal Power Commission, to

David L. Norman, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Divi-

sion, Department of Justice, September 29, 1971.

Hesburgh, Rev. Theodore M., Chairman, U.S. Commission on Civil

Rights, to Hon. Don Edwards, April 28, 1972___

Nassikas, John N., Chairman, Federal Power Commission, to Hon.

Don Edwards, April 13, 1972..

Norman, David L., Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Divi-

sion, Department of Justice, to Gordon Gooch, General Counsel,

Federal Power Commission, September 17, 1971-

Pollak, Stephen J., Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division,
Department of Justice, to Rosel H. Hyde, Chairman, Federal
Communications Commission, May 21, 1968--

Stafford, George M., Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission,
to Hon. Don Edwards, April 5, 1972.

Trimmer, Harold H., Acting Administrator, General Services Adminis-

tration, to Hon. Don Edwards, May 19, 1972.

148

Wille, Frank, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, to

Hon. Don Edwards, May 11, 1972...

145

Additional Materials-

Equal Employment Opportunities Commission-

Hearings on the Utilization of Minorities and Women in Gas and

Electric Utility Companies:

Position Paper Submitted by the Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission, November 15, 1971...

Closing Statement of William H. Brown, III, Chairman,

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, November

17, 1971.

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