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...Dean Bender said yesterday that the Admissions Offices of the three schools have decided jointly to try to judge candidates without the aid of photographs during the coming year...
...knows what difference the new policy will make," Bender stated, but he felt that the University might reopen the issue later if there is too much difficulty. At present there is no reference to photographs on any application, and secondary schools have been asked especially not to make any statement "which would indicate the candidate's race, creed, color, or national origin" in their reports...
...Bender noted that photographs seem to give two important aids to the Freshman Admissions Committee without any discriminating purpose. First, they help keep the admissions process "personalized" and "fight the tendency against mechanized procedures." And second, they are useful to help recall "mental images" and impressions about candidates which are lost when decisions must be made only from written material...
...Besides," Bender added, "there are all kinds of ways you can tell discriminatory evidence other than pictures. Personal names, interviews, and the name of the applicant's school may all be used for discriminatory purposes if a College wishes to do so." In some cases, he pointed out, pictures could even be of help to a student from an "unusual background" who might not have had the opportunities of his fellow applicants...
...Presser's union paid $1,000 for "public relations and professional services" to Ohio's former (1955-57) Republican Senator George Bender, who is now one of three "antiracketeering" commissioners appointed by Hoffa himself. Bender's answer: he sent the money back...