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Albert Friedman, a Hasidic delegate from New York, said he speaks for some at the convention when he says that talk of requiring a certain percentage of women smacks of a quota system. He is opposed to quotas in any form, he adds...
...since Latin Americans were not part of the old quota system, the ceiling of 120,000 imposes a new restriction on them, and the waiting lists now average 2 ½% years...
Southwestern does not require that a student sell a minimum quota of books, nor does it require that he purchase a minimum quantity of books from the company. He is expected to deliver the books he sells, and if he quits, to arrange for their delivery by someone else, which usually involves paying the deliverer for his extra work. Every dealer knows in advance that he is running his own business all summer, and that he consequently pays his own expenses, come what may. The lack of a guaranteed salary tends to turn off many of those who analyze Southwestern...
Similarly, quota supporters may argue that these programs are needed to alleviate the effects of past discrimination which has left many members of minority groups unqualified for positions they could otherwise have earned in free competition. In this case quotas do not solve the fundamental problem of insufficient qualifications, but ignore it. The fair and effective solution would be to establish a just system of hiring and admissions based on qualifications combined with efforts to find ways of improving the qualifications of those disadvantaged by past discrimination...
...Quota systems should be replaced at Harvard with a fair process of selection for employment and admissions as described above, with equal opportunity for all. In addition, the Harvard community should support an end to governmentally imposed quotas elsewhere, oppose discrimination against minority group members where it persists, and offer help to those suffering the effects of past discrimination...