Word: krim
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Krim, who said that he had spoken to a number of painters, claimed that several journeymen had told him that all the black helpers and some of the white helpers were fully qualified to become journeymen...
...Tell him [Butler] about racism," Hy-land interjected at one point while Krim was speaking. Hyland remarked that he found it difficult to sit in the same room as Butler...
...Robert M. Krim '70 and Richard E. Hyland '69-4, who entered late in the meeting, charged that the University was failing to promote qualified painters to journeyman status for "racist" reasons...
...Krim said that he had heard of several instances where journeymen had urged that certain helpers be promoted and that their recommendations had been vetoed from above, probably by the foreman. He charged that the University had developed the helper program to attract workers who would accept lower wages, because, being black, they couldn't get a job anywhere else...
Butler remained silent during most of Krim's statement, although he seemed to be taking notes on what Krim was saying, Replying to Krim at one point, he repeated his statement that the helpers were receiving "on-the-job training" by working alongside journeymen. He said that historically Harvard had hired only skilled workmen but had instituted the training program to provide jobs for more blacks...