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a oe ee { 0-19 (Fre peetf-15-62) Lo C) . C\ Tolson rf ene. Belmon ' *) Mohr - 4 1 gprs lira least Casper Callahan tad | Evans Gale Rose Sulliv ' Tave) Trotter Tele Room Vs Holmes Gand te ToT, ». Notable‘ Ruling“... "JN A PNANIMOUS and important decision | . the me Court has ruled that indi- | -+ vidual States which have anti-discrimination hiring laws have the right to extend them to - interstate airlines. Presumably the ruling © could apply also to all interstate carriers, on the ground and water as well as in the air. | It was in our opinion a just decision. = Poly / The patticular case was that of Marlon D. | , seg 2 ; \Green, 32, a Negro and a former Air Corps ;—— < /yaptain. He had sought in Colorado a pilot's [e with Continental Airlines. He was declared 4 qualified but was not hired. The Colorado anti-discrimination Commission found tha his race was the reason for not getting the jo . But the Colorado Supreme Court rul » that State fair employment laws may not in- clude interstate carriers. The Supreme Court —and we emphasize, unanimously—reversed _ the ruling. It is significant that 16 of the 25 States that have anti-discrimination hiring | statutes filed a brief as friends of the court : _ supporting, the subsequently unanimous view. co , Among them were the two biggest States, Cali- | the Washingten P fornia and New York. . ; oH naten Fost and Justice Black, who wrote the decision, dis- The Washington Datly News ~. posed logically of the argument against it. We The Evening Star believe that it is a notable step forward toward New York Herald Tribune the goal of racial and religious equality in our New York Joumnal-Ametican £2 country. New York Mitror - eee New York Daily News Times Herald A New York Post The New York Times The Worker The New Leader ge? (GR -LRSOS-A tere se sat ELI? The National Observer NOT RECT: : Date MAYu'? 1969 53 ah’ 1963 — APR 27 1962