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"Report To The Hawkeye State" by Senator Jack Miller Page 4

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A Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is created, to serve as a conciliation agency with respect to alleged violations of this Title. An aggrieved person must file a written charge under oath (subject to penalties for perjury) with the Commission (or one member of the Commission may file a written charge if he has reasonable cause to believe a violation has occurred), and the Commission furnishes a copy thereof to the employer, labor organization, or employment agency and makes an investigation and tries to settle the case. If there is a State or local law prohibiting the alleged unlawful employment practice, no charge may be filed with the Commission by the person aggrieved before the expiration of sixty days after proceedings have been commenced under the state or local law (120 days during the first year after the Act becomes effective); and where the charge is filed by a member of the Commission, no action may be taken until after the Commission notifies the appropriate State or local officials and, upon request, has afforded them at least sixty days to take action. If the Commission finds, after the foregoing procedure has been gone through, that voluntary compliance cannot be obtained, it must notify the person aggrieved, who may then (and only then) bring a civil action in the appropriate federal district court. If the court finds that an intentional violation has occurred, it may take such action as it deems appropriate, including reinstatement or hiring, with or without back pay. But the court cannot take action if the situation arose "for any reason other than discrimination on account of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin," including veterans' preference.
Whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person or group of persons in engaged in a "pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of any of the rights secured by this title," he is authorized to bring a civil action for appropriate relief.
The court may allow the winning party (plaintiff or defendant) a reasonable attorney's fee to be paid by the federal government.
TITLE XI - MISCELLANEOUS
A judge's power of civil contempt (including detention until the defendant agrees to comply with the court's order) is left intact; but the power to punish under criminal contempt proceedings for a violation of the court's order with respect to Titles II, III, IV, V, and VII, is curtailed by the requirement that such violation must be "intentional" and the right of the accused to demand a trial by jury. The power to punish for criminal contempt with respect to Title I is left unchanged and as provided under the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
INFLATION
Some so-called economists are saying that we are having economic growth "without inflation." A quick way to keep them from fooling the public is to refer to the figures on page 2 of the June issue of Economic Indicators, prepared for the Joint Senate-House Economic Committee by the President's own Council of Economic Advisers. These figures show that of the $8 billion in Gross National Product during the first quarter of 1964, over one-third consists of inflation!
Many labor-management contracts contain "escalation clauses" under which wages are automatically increased when the retail price index goes up (and the purchasing power of our money goes down). And the retail price index doesn't go up unless there is inflation. One large manufacturing firm recently reported that during the last three years wages increased automatically under its escalation contract during every quarter except one!
Auto insurance rates have been increasing, and one reason is that repair costs have risen sharply.
"ECONOMY" IN FEDERAL SPENDING
With all the "savings" in government spending being claimed by some in high places, doesn't it seem a bit odd that Congress was requested to increase the debt limit ceiling from $317 to $324 billion? Just three years ago the national debt totalled $289 billion. 
CONGRATULATIONS
To Harris F. Seidel, Director, Water and Pollution Control, of Ames. He is the first Iowan to serve as national President of the Water Pollution Control Federation.
THANK YOU!
To Frank Jay Markey of the McNaught Syndicate for writings: "Many Senators and Congressmen send a monthly news letter to their constituents, but one of the best that crosses our desks is from Senator Jack Miller of Iowa."

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-4- A Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is created, to serve as a conciliation agency with respect to alleged violations of this Title. An aggrieved person must file a written charge under oath (subject to penalties for perjury) with the Commission (or one member of the Commission may file a written charge if he has reasonable cause to believe a violation has occurred), and the Commission furnishes a copy thereof to the employer, labor organization, or employment agency and makes an investigation and tries to settle the case. If there is a State or local law prohibiting the alleged unlawful employment practice, no charge may be filed with the Commission by the person aggrieved before the expiration of sixty days after proceedings have been commenced under the state or local law (120 days during the first year after the Act becomes effective); and where the charge is filed by a member of the Commission, no action may be taken until after the Commission notifies the appropriate State or local officials and, upon request, has afforded them at least sixty days to take action. If the Commission finds, after the foregoing procedure has been gone through, that voluntary compliance cannot be obtained, it must notify the person aggrieved, who may then (and only then) bring a civil action in the appropriate federal district court. If the court finds that an intentional violation has occurred, it may take such action as it deems appropriate, including reinstatement or hiring, with or without back pay. But the court cannot take action if the situation arose "for any reason other than discrimination on account of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin," including veterans' preference. Whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person or group of persons in engaged in a "pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of any of the rights secured by this title," he is authorized to bring a civil action for appropriate relief. The court may allow the winning party (plaintiff or defendant) a reasonable attorney's fee to be paid by the federal government. TITLE XI - MISCELLANEOUS A judge's power of civil contempt (including detention until the defendant agrees to comply with the court's order) is left intact; but the power to punish under criminal contempt proceedings for a violation of the court's order with respect to Titles II, III, IV, V, and VII, is curtailed by the requirement that such violation must be "intentional" and the right of the accused to demand a trial by jury. The power to punish for criminal contempt with respect to Title I is left unchanged and as provided under the Civil Rights Act of 1957. INFLATION Some so-called economists are saying that we are having economic growth "without inflation." A quick way to keep them from fooling the public is to refer to the figures on page 2 of the June issue of Economic Indicators, prepared for the Joint Senate-House Economic Committee by the President's own Council of Economic Advisers. These figures show that of the $8 billion in Gross National Product during the first quarter of 1964, over one-third consists of inflation! Many labor-management contracts contain "escalation clauses" under which wages are automatically increased when the retail price index goes up (and the purchasing power of our money goes down). And the retail price index doesn't go up unless there is inflation. One large manufacturing firm recently reported that during the last three years wages increased automatically under its escalation contract during every quarter except one! Auto insurance rates have been increasing, and one reason is that repair costs have risen sharply. "ECONOMY" IN FEDERAL SPENDING With all the "savings" in government spending being claimed by some in high places, doesn't it seem a bit odd that Congress was requested to increase the debt limit ceiling from $317 to $324 billion? Just three years ago the national debt totalled $289 billion. CONGRATULATIONS To Harris F. Seidel, Director, Water and Pollution Control, of Ames. He is the first Iowan to serve as national President of the Water Pollution Control Federation. THANK YOU! To Frank Jay Markey of the McNaught Syndicate for writings: "Many Senators and Congressmen send a monthly news letter to their constituents, but one of the best that crosses our desks is from Senator Jack Miller of Iowa."