Abstract

Fair Employment State by State

Spurred by the example of New York, a dozen Northern states are now seriously considering bills for state Fair Employment Practice Commissions. Chances for the enactment of strong, comprehensive measures seem excellent in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; good in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Wisconsin and Michigan. Not since the Civil War has there been so much local interest in preventing racial or religious discrimination in employment, forty-nine different bills have been introduced in twenty states this year. The impetus for the legislation comes from no central source, although CIO, the American Jewish Congress and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People are circulating and pushing "model" bills.