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8 GEORGIA BULLETIN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1968 Churches, Labor ‘Pass Buck’ On Employment Discrimination NEW YORK (RNS) ~ The church and organized labor must quit “passing the buck” entirely to employers on the issue of job discrimination, the annual Labor Sunday message of the National Council of Churches states. The message, issued by the NCC’s Committee on the Church and Economic Life for use in the nation’s Protestant and Orthodox Churches Sun. Sept. 1, charges that the churches’ overall record of employment practices has been “little better than that of the average secular employer.” It also claims that while there are “many bright spots” in the record of organized labor, the labor movement’s skirts “are far from clean on this issue.” “To be sure,” the message concedes, “we can point to tragic patterns of discrimination that have far too long characterized great segments of American business and industry...But this is not enough.” The message asserts that the “civil rights of minority groups must be seen increasingly in C & S BANK OF LA GRANGE *;£*- MAIN OFFICE 136 MAIN ST. CHARGE ACCOUNT SERVICE 884-4681 The Full Service Bonk Offering A Complete line Of Personol Services \ MITCHELL’S TUXEDO RENTALS Finest quality formal wear for rent - at reasonable prices for weddings, recep tions, balls and other oc- p cassions. All styles available plenty of free parking 2357 Peachtree Road, N. 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S, Cardinals Visit In Rome ROME (RNS) - Four U.S. cardinals slipped in and out of Rome so briefly and secretly that their presence here did not become public knowledge until they had left. No information on the purpose of their trip was available from Vatican officials. Most observers, connecting the mystery visit with the most notable recent and forthcoming news events here,, said it was probably related either to Pope Paul’s encyclical on birth control or his trip to Bogota. The visitors were: Patrick Cardinal O’Boyle, Archbishop of Washington; John Cardinal Cody, Archbishop of Chicago; John Cardinal Kroll, Archbishop of Philadelphia and James Cardinal McIntyre, Archbishop of Los Angeles. In the United States, no information was immediately available from most official sources. Diocesan offices were all closed for the Feast of the Assumption, a holy day of obligation. In Los Angeles, however, it was confirmed that Cardinal McIntyre had gone to Rome and was expected back soon. No reason for the visit was given. Vatican observers said that the most probable reason for the visit was the sizeable negative reaction in the U.S. to the birth control encyclical. Another theory is that the Pope may have consulted the cardinals on important forthcoming appointments in the U.S. - perhaps the elevation of more American cardinals. No new appointments to the College of Cardinals have been made since June, 1967 and its membership is now down to 103. The Pope is believed to consider 150 the ideal number of cardinals. It is not certain here, however, whether the Americans actually visited the Pope. All that could be ascertained was that they had been in Rome. The Pope is presently at his Summer residence, Castel Gandolfo, in the city’s suburbs. “token” employment of minority group members in skilled and prestigious jobs; —A call for examination of job testing procedures to make sure that employment tests are job-related rather than culturally based; --Encouragement of employers hiring Negroes to follow Civil Service Commission policy and eliminate arrest record questions on application (to be replaced by listing of convictions for specified offenses only). —Arrangement of employment training centers in metropolitan areas; --A request that city transportation systems provide accessibility to jobs for minority group persons, and that suburban, city and county councils back low and middle-income housing in the suburbs; -Opposition to discriminatory practices in apprenticeship or other --Encouragement of equal employment practices in church, labor and business. 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