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Dorothy Schramm newspaper clippings, 1949-1955 (folder 2 of 2)

1953-07-09 Des Moines Register Article: "Fair Employment in Government Business" Page 2

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of government in combatting discrimination: "The full power, the full influence of the federal government must be used in correcting any unnecessary discrimination... "Any money that has been appropriated for federal use, any service the federal government is supposed to supply to us, anything that they do in building construction, the hiring of men in any kind of position in government must be on a completely equal basis." In the 1951-52 fiscal year the federal government spent a total of 41 billion dollars on 6 1/2 million individual transactions. This great block of business could be a fruitful field for carrying out the president's philosophy.
 
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