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...wanted to get more blacks and poor whites on our payroll, but they weren't qualified to be hired as journeymen." Murphy said. "So we began the helpers training program." Harvard had previously hired only journeymen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Official Answers SDS on Painter Program | 11/14/1969 | See Source »

...depend on our foremen to check qualifications," William Murphy, director of Buildings and Grounds, answered. He said that twice in the last year Harvard has hired black workers directly as journeymen without making them spend time as helpers...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: SDS Members Protest 'Racism,' Plan Sit-In | 11/12/1969 | See Source »

...Helpers are training other helpers; often they are working alone," Jared Israel '67 yelled back from the crowd. Throughout the ninety-minute meeting other students said that helpers spend nearly all their time doing the same routine painting jobs as journeymen...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: SDS Members Protest 'Racism,' Plan Sit-In | 11/12/1969 | See Source »

qualified black workers have been hired as helpers instead of journeymen, even though they had several years' experience as painters. Seven of the 12 helpers are black, and three of 27 journeymen are black...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: SDS Members Protest 'Racism,' Plan Sit-In | 11/12/1969 | See Source »

...University representatives-including John B. Butler, director of personnel; L. Gard Wiggins. administrative vice president; Dean May and Edward W. Powers. Harvard's labor-relations manager-replied several times that helpers do not have the same qualifications as journeymen...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: SDS Members Protest 'Racism,' Plan Sit-In | 11/12/1969 | See Source »

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