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    "ocrText": "-21-\nand now considered other areas more important. Another\nconferee commented that special legislation served some\nfunction in establishing a floor, and that community, rather\nthan governmental, action is required to improve employment\nconditions and opportunities for women. Such action should\ninclude general education to be undertaken by community\norganizations, helped by legislation, as well as collective\n() 1957\nbargaining.\n37. Other conferees asserted that it is not accurate to say\nthat women's organizations had given up an interest in special\nlegislation. At the national level these organizations still\nvote on the broad principles they wish to support, much staff\ntime is still devoted to considering the issues, and, at the\nlocal level, study groups are still organized to consider these\nissues and to stimulate grass-roots activity.\n38. On the question of whether considerations of sex are\nidentical with those of race, color, religion, or national\norigin in relation to discriminatory practices in employment,\nthe consensus of the group was that they are not. Sex, it\nwas pointed out, is a biological and functional factor which\noften must and should be taken into account and will, consequently,\nstand in the way of identical treatment of men and women workers.\nThis cannot be properly described as \"discrimination.' In"
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