Caption: (WX6) WASHIGTON, April 7 ? CONSIDER FEPC MEASURES ? Sen. Irving Ives (R-NY) (left) holds a copy of one bill as a senate labor subcommittee headed by Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MINN) (right) today begins consideration or politically ? explosive bills to create a Federal Employment Practices Commission (FEPC) with power to enforce its rulings in job discrimination cases. In opening the meeting, Humphrey asserted the civil rights issue has been deliberately misrepresented to frighten people.
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