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November 6, 1943
Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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The Fair Employment Practices Committee seeks clarification from Attorney General Biddle on Roosevelt's Executive Order 9346 mandating non-discrimination in government contracts, after Comptroller Warren ruled compliance is voluntary, citing the Southwestern Bell Telephone case. (187 chars)
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RULING ON FEPC STATUS AWAITED
Warren Asserts WILL PRESIDE FDR Didn't Mean What Order Says Ross Places Matter In Hands Of Att'y-General WASHINGTON, D. C.-(ANP) Attorney General Francis E. Biddle has been asked for a ruling seeking clarification of the scope and meaning of President Roosevelt's Executive Order 9346 it was announced Saturday by Malcolm Ross, chairman of the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practices, which was created by the order.
The ruling was asked, Mr. Ross said, in view of a ruling by Comptroller General Lindsay Warren, former congressman from North Carolina, flatly denying that President Roosevelt meant what he said in issuing Executive Order 9346, the legal basis for all action by the FEPC.
The President's order directs all government purchasing agents to demand guarantees from firms and their sub-contractors doing business with the government, that they shall not practice discrimination along racial lines.
Handing down a decision in the case of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, which refused to give a guarantee, Warren pointed out that the President's order was not an order, and that "shall did not mean must" whenever a contractor threatened to refuse to accept war contracts if the government's guarantee was insisted upon.
Warren contended that compliance with the President's order was a voluntary action and added, "It seems that the most that can be accomplished by government contracting agencies in carrying out the national policy of non-discrimination in the employment of workers as declared by the President is to secure the assent of contractors to such provisions."
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Warren Asserts WILL PRESIDE FDR Didn't Mean What Order Says Ross Places Matter In Hands Of Att'y-General WASHINGTON, D. C.-(ANP) Attorney General Francis E. Biddle has been asked for a ruling seeking clarification of the scope and meaning of President Roosevelt's Executive Order 9346 it was announced Saturday by Malcolm Ross, chairman of the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practices, which was created by the order.
The ruling was asked, Mr. Ross said, in view of a ruling by Comptroller General Lindsay Warren, former congressman from North Carolina, flatly denying that President Roosevelt meant what he said in issuing Executive Order 9346, the legal basis for all action by the FEPC.
The President's order directs all government purchasing agents to demand guarantees from firms and their sub-contractors doing business with the government, that they shall not practice discrimination along racial lines.
Handing down a decision in the case of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, which refused to give a guarantee, Warren pointed out that the President's order was not an order, and that "shall did not mean must" whenever a contractor threatened to refuse to accept war contracts if the government's guarantee was insisted upon.
Warren contended that compliance with the President's order was a voluntary action and added, "It seems that the most that can be accomplished by government contracting agencies in carrying out the national policy of non-discrimination in the employment of workers as declared by the President is to secure the assent of contractors to such provisions."
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What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Justice
What keywords are associated?
Fepc
Executive Order 9346
Non Discrimination
Government Contracts
Racial Discrimination
What entities or persons were involved?
Lindsay Warren
Fdr
Malcolm Ross
Francis E. Biddle
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Where did it happen?
Washington, D. C.
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Key Persons
Lindsay Warren
Fdr
Malcolm Ross
Francis E. Biddle
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Location
Washington, D. C.
Story Details
Attorney General Francis E. Biddle is asked for a ruling on the scope of President Roosevelt's Executive Order 9346 after Comptroller General Lindsay Warren ruled that it does not mandate non-discrimination guarantees from government contractors, as in the case of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company.