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...these requirements. The Wonder Bread company probably would never have hired Negroes, except as janitors of drivers on undesirable routes, if BAG's boycott had proved ineffective. And to make their campaign succeed, BAG spokesman had to be able to point to an unfilled quota--a number of jobs from which qualified Negroes were barred...
...quota system cannot work properly where qualified persons are scarce or qualification difficult to determine. The jobs BAG demanded, however, require only minimal skills--the ability to drive a truck or do simple arithmetic. And BAG had more than enough qualified Negroes available; several of them had already applied...
...make their quota inflexible. It adjusted it s demands from twelve to seven jobs when it learned that an automated plant the company was building would reduce the number of jobs available to BAG applicants. The Group was formed to end discrimination, not to boycott companies for spite. Indeed, BAG must have the cooperation of businessmen if it is to realize its long-range objectives, for these men will do the hiring. Hopefully, BAG will continue to use the reasonable methods that have been so effective against Wonder bread...
Thomas A. Timberg '64, chairman of the HCUA committee on exam grading, claimed last week that Gov 1 uses "an unfair and inequitable" quota system that limits the number of honor grades to be awarded in each section...
Ford said he did not know which courses have quota systems and which do not, and that the recent publicity about the grading curve in Gov 1 was the first he had heard about the quota system...