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...ignore the possibility that the superior student might recognize the defective question for what it is skip it, and forget about it. All we hear from him is that dire consequences will necessarily befall the student "who loses confidence" in either the integrity or the intelligence of his tester...
Susan B. Schwartz '64, after observing that "there is more than one kind of white liberal," described how the Co-ordinating Committee's housing drive will work. If a Negro is turned down by a real-estate agent, a white "tester" is sent around to try to rent or buy the same house. If he is successful after the Negro has been refused, legal proceedings will be instituted under one of several Massachusetts anti-discrimination laws...
...Negro is turned down by the landlord, the FHF then assigns a "tester" to apply for the same house or apartment...
Should the tester be accepted by the landlord, there are grounds to suspect discrimination, Susan B. Schwartz '64, a founder of the CRCC said. The facts are then presented to the landlord or real estate agent and the Negro family, with the help of the housing aide, explains the law and offers to negotiate. Often the proposal is accepted, Miss Schwartz noted...
Wait Till Supine. Such "analysis" can be done by mail, but some testers supplement it with "depth" interviews lasting an hour or more. The chief psychologist for the "management engineering" firm of Stevenson, Jordan & Harrison told Gross that "we set up a sort of doctor-patient relationship to put employees at their ease. I try to make the man feel as much at home as possible.'' A testing psychologist at George Fry said: "I wait until I have him almost supine. After that, he reveals himself quickly and I learn a great deal about the man." The Hippocratic...