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40. In general, the conferees were agreed that it is not
possible to legislate the elimination of discrimination. However,
it was also agreed that legislation has an educational value
in directing attention to the problem. Similarly, certain
administrative measures can be taken to increase employment
opportunities for women. As an example, the Defense Advisory
Committee to the Secretary of Labor, on which representatives
of the women's organizations served, was cited.
41 With respect to the special issue of making it easier
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for mothers of young children to work, the conferees were in
agreement that the program of aid to dependent children should
be such that mothers would be financially able to remain at home.
However, in the absence of appropriate funds, the communities
have a responsibility to provide adequate child-care facilities.
(d) Utilization Practices
42. Discussion of the Council's present thinking with respect
to utilization practices stressed again the "self-screening"
which goes on among women workers. The conferees shared the
conviction that the most serious mal-utilization - of women by
industry occurs in the failure to identify those whose training,
abilities, job investment, and work patterns are similar to
men's. One conferee thought that the Council would be well
advised to state forthrightly that, "if industry will use the
right promotional ladders and take advantage of the cues
which are available," it can solve a long-existing problem
with profit to itself, the individual worker, whether man
or woman, and the nation as a whole. Another conferee expressed
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