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In a story for the North Carolina Catholic, October 12, 1958,
Mr. Ford recounts his experience hiring blacks for the first time.
Early in 1955 he went to find experienced machinists at A&T. His
forman initially agreed, then the next morning together with the secretary afid an apprentice said they would leave. The man at A&T was
Andrew Williams and a student of his. Williams and he agreed that
without any crew at all it would be hard to run the shop, so they
agreed to do it at night.
Another story from the Wall Street Journal, September 28, 29
1958, talking about desegregation and work practices. A Western
Electric plant talks about a coffee break in which one of four secretaries is black. And in a Douglass Aircraft plant in Charlotte,
there are black engineers and draftsmen. And in Greensboro, Burlington
Industries has just hired a black chemist, it says.
Tart Bell is quoted as saying, "We've had a good reception from
top management. They do recognize discrimination in employment as a
problem."
Bell claims that frequently there are changes being made, but
"many times businessmen don't want anybody to know about it." (It
sounds like BS.)
Survey of 402 firms in Greensboro, showed that 53 said they
intended to employ solely on the basis of merit without regard to race,
114 said they would employ on merit alone with some job categories,
and 43 others said they would employ solely on merit in the future "as
conditions change." They said they wanted to follow the lead of other
• firms. Nearly half the Greensboro employers at that time had no intention of hiring on merit alone.
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| Full text | In a story for the North Carolina Catholic, October 12, 1958, Mr. Ford recounts his experience hiring blacks for the first time. Early in 1955 he went to find experienced machinists at A&T. His forman initially agreed, then the next morning together with the secretary afid an apprentice said they would leave. The man at A&T was Andrew Williams and a student of his. Williams and he agreed that without any crew at all it would be hard to run the shop, so they agreed to do it at night. Another story from the Wall Street Journal, September 28, 29 1958, talking about desegregation and work practices. A Western Electric plant talks about a coffee break in which one of four secretaries is black. And in a Douglass Aircraft plant in Charlotte, there are black engineers and draftsmen. And in Greensboro, Burlington Industries has just hired a black chemist, it says. Tart Bell is quoted as saying, "We've had a good reception from top management. They do recognize discrimination in employment as a problem." Bell claims that frequently there are changes being made, but "many times businessmen don't want anybody to know about it." (It sounds like BS.) Survey of 402 firms in Greensboro, showed that 53 said they intended to employ solely on the basis of merit without regard to race, 114 said they would employ on merit alone with some job categories, and 43 others said they would employ solely on merit in the future "as conditions change." They said they wanted to follow the lead of other • firms. Nearly half the Greensboro employers at that time had no intention of hiring on merit alone. |
