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...plan, submitted to HEW on July 1, "forms an acceptable standard upon which the University can build and implement non-discriminatory hiring practices," John G. Bynoe, a director of the regional Civil Rights office wrote President...
Leonard reiterated Bok's comments, saying that HEW's acceptance of the plan represents a commencement of Harvard's effort...
...HEW's acceptance of the plan was two months overdue. Ordinarily the department responds to institutions' affirmative action proposals within 45 days of their submission...
Only a day before HEW revealed its intentions regarding Harvard's plan, Walter J. Leonard, the University's affirmative action coordinator, speculated that Harvard's prestige has forced HEW to proceed with particular caution in its look at the University's program. Events have repeatedly demonstrated that the orientation of HEW's commitment to affirmative action is more political than moral. It is in vogue--even in more conservative political circles--to support increased hiring of women in particular...
...government says it demands that all federal contractors open their doors to more women and minority group members or risk loss of federal funds. But while HEW has repeatedly questioned the apparatus by which universities, including Harvard, will implement their affirmative action programs, the department itself has yet to carry through on its ultimatum. Defense research is more important to the Nixon administration than its own morality or the morality of the institutions it employs...