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Though Stone retired from the Corporation in June, NCWO Chair Martha Burk said the group was unaware of that fact when it sent the letters...
...Burk said the “idea of a private membership is a little bit of a red herring...
James Houghton, Daniel, Stone and Summers did not respond to NCWO, Burk said...
This was the first time Johnson spoke in public since the issue first arose in June, when Martha Burk, executive director of the National Council of Women’s Organizations (NCWO), sent a private letter to Johnson insisting that women be allowed to join the all-male club. Rather than addressing the issue confidentially, Johnson brought his case to the public, asserting that his golf club would not be “bullied, threatened, or intimidated” into admitting women...
...Burk isn't buying any of the tortured semantics, and she rejects criticism that her organization should focus on bigger issues. "What we do is fight discrimination against women where we find it," she says. Her group plans to keep up the pressure on CBS. The network, which since 1956 has produced the Masters on a break-even basis because of its prestige and promotional value, grimly announced that "CBS will broadcast the Masters next year." Come next April, might that include antidiscrimination protests held outside the most famous golf tournament in America? --With reporting by Mike Billips and Stephen...