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094462 1 (1970-02-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacujh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 094462 THE PHITADELPHIA PTAN FOR INCREASING i0RITY GROUP EMPLOYMENT IN FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS an nddress by Paul G. Dcmbling General Counsel U. S. General Accounting Office before . O The Association of the Bar of the City of New York February 16, 1970 I appreciate the opportunity this occasion affords me to explain the position of the Comptroller General of the United States and the General Accounting Office with respect to the revised Philadelphia Plan. At the outset I wish to state that unfortunately the Philadelphia Plan situation has in some ways devolved into a division of those for and those against affirmative action to eliminate improper discrimination in employment. Nothing could be further from the case so far as the General Accounting Office is concerned. I state categorically that the Comptroller General and the General Accounting Office are not against greater opportunities for minority groups--are not opposed to civil rights--quite the contrary! It is painful to us that the determination of the legal issues posed by the Plan's requirements has tended to cast an unfavorable light on the actions taken. As a result of the widespread publicity the Plan received, many in- dividuals have concluded that the Plan is either good or bad, legal or illegal. However, I am constantly surprised that in speaking with people who have reached these conclusions--particularly those who view the Plan as legal--how few of them have read the basic decision issued by the Comptroller General. Therefore, I will attempt to present the issues underlying the Philadelphia Plan controversy as we In the General Account- Office view .them.

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