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    "ocrText": "Special Supplement - 2 -\n8-19-64\nThe President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing (Executive\nOffice Building, Washington) was established by Executive Order 11063 of\nNovember 20, 1962 to implement President Kennedy's Executive Order on Equal\nOpportunity in Housing. The Committee's chairman is David L. Lawrence,\nformer governor of Pennsylvania; in addition, its membership is composed of\neight Government and eight public members. There is a staff of ten.\nUnder the Executive Order, complaints of discrimination in Federally-\nassisted and Federally-owned housing are handled by the agency directly con-\ncerned (e.g., FHA). . The Committee concerns itself with overseeing the hand-\nling of these complaints, with coordinating the activities of the agencies\nin enforcing the Executive Order on Equal Opportunity in Housing, and with\nrecommending to the agencies and the President policies and procedures to\nimplement the Order.\nThe other principal function of the Committee is to encourage education\nand community action efforts by local governments and by private groups to\nbring about non-discrimination in housing.\nThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Department of Labor Build-\ning, Washington) was established by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. There are\nfive commissioners appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.\nAt this writing, the Commission has not yet received its appropriation and\nis thus only partially established; also Commissioners have not yet been\nappointed.\nIn addition to handling complaints which will be brought to it under\nthe\nequal employment opportunity section of the Civil Rights Act when that\nsection becomes applicable on July 2, 1965, the Commission is also empowered\nto work with public and private agencies and individuals, to furnish techni-\ncal assistance to further compliance, to conciliate where employees block\ncompliance and to make studies to further equal employment opportunities.\nThe Commission is to publish periodic reports.\nIt should be noted that while the President's Committee on Equal Employ-\nment Opportunity oversees employment where a government contract is involved,\nthe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission deals with all employment situ-\nations covered by the Civil Rights Act whether or not under government con-\ntract.\nThe Community Relations Service (Department of Commerce Building,\nWashington) was established by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Its Director\nis Leroy Collins, former Governor of Florida, and the Acting Deputy Director\nis Harold Fleming, on loan from the Potomac Institute. The Service contem-\nplates a staff of fifty (half of them professionals) and at this writing is\nawaiting Congressional approval of its budget in order to become fully oper-\native. While the Service is part of the Department of Commerce for \"house-\nkeeping\" purposes, it will have direct responsibilities to the White House.\nThe Service's functions are the voluntary settlement of public accom-\nmodations complaints referred to it under the new law and to provide assist-\nance to persons of communities requiring help with civil rights problems\nwhere discriminatory practices impair constitutional rights or affect inter-\ntate commerce. It is authorized to cooperate with both public and private\nagencies, either on its own initiative or upon request from local officials\nor interested persons in situations where peaceful relations among the citi-\nzens of the community are threatened. The law directs that activities of the\nService in providing conciliation assistance be conducted in confidence and\nwithout publicity.\nThe work of the Service will be aided by a National Citizens Committee\nfor Community Relations (Arthur Dean, chairman) composed of community lay\nleaders with a \"feel\" for civil rights who will be called upon for advice\nand assistance and also by a panel of community and intergroup relations\nprofessionals who will be utilized as consultants on a fee basis.\nThe Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (Department of\nJustice Building, Washington) was created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957.\nIt is headed by Assistant Attorney General Burke Marshall and plans are under\nway to expand the staff to some 75-80 attorneys."
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