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[Review of Alleged Racial Discrimination by the SEA St. Louis
District Office]. CED-78-115; 8-149685. Hay 22t 1978. 4 pp.
Report to Rep. Joseph P. Addabbo, Chairman# House Committee on
Small Business: SBI Oversight and minority Entetprise
Subcommittee; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Von-Discrimination and Equal Opportunity Programs:
Discrimination in Federal Financial Assistance Programs
(1005); Domestic Housing and Community Development Programs:
Focus and Grants to Business (2110).
Contact: community and 3cononic Development Div.
Budget Function: Community and Regional Development: Community
Development (451).
organization Concerned: Small Business Administration.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Small Business: SBA
Oversight and minority Enterprise Subcommittee. Rep. Joseph
P. Addabbo.
Authority: 18 U.S.C. 1905.
The Small Business Administration (SEA) investigated
alleged racial discrimination against black small businessmen by
the SBA St. Louis district office. The investigation was
conducted to determine whether 18 individuals had been
discrisinmted against by the St. Louis district office in such
areas as loan processing, loan servicing, and management
assistance. The iavestigators interviewed 14 of the 18
individuals &ad reviewed loan files for 17 individuals. They
could not ljcate three of the four individuals not interviewed,
and the fourth failed to keep the appointment with the
investigators. Four of those interviewed sentioned racial
discrimination in their dealings with SBA; however, one person
later admitted using this charge as a means of getting a loan,
and the investigators believed that another charge was also a
means of obtaining a loan. Two others mentioned racial
discrimination, but their allegations were against other
agencies. one person complained about the size of 8(a)
contracts. Eight individuals encountered specific difficulties
with SBD and other governmental organizations in th ir attempts
to obtain financing. An analysis of 66 loan files showed that
there was no significant difference in the time it to-
minorities and nonminorities to apply for and receive loans. The
SBA investigators made a conscientious effort to contact all
individuals and to give then the opportunity to discuss
complaints. The conclusions drawn by SEA were reasonable. (RRS)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaaxff0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)