Executive Order 11375
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Executive Order 11375, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson
on October 13, 1967 amended Executive Order 11246
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In this executive order, President Johnson justifies his measure, by claiming the following in the preamble of the order:
"It is the policy of the United States Government to provide equal opportunity in Federal employment and in employment by Federal contractors on the basis of merit and without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex or national origin."
There is some wishful thinking in this sentence, because at the time the order was enacted, it was not the "policy of the United States Government to provide equal opportunity in Federal employment ...."
In the next paragraph, he says that Congress also follows this policy, because it enacted Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The president's former executive order no. 11246 pursues this goal as well, as is stated in the third paragraph of the preamble. However, it left out the feature sex and/or gender.
The fourth paragraph makes the following claim:
"It is desirable that the equal employment opportunity programs provided for in Executive Order No. 11246 expressly embrace discrimination on account of sex."
Therefore, President Johnson extended discrimination protection to the feature of sex.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...
on October 13, 1967 amended Executive Order 11246
Executive Order 11246
Executive Order 11246, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 24, 1965 required Equal Employment Opportunity. The Order "prohibits federal contractors and federally assisted construction contractors and subcontractors, who do over $10,000 in Government business in one year from...
.
In this executive order, President Johnson justifies his measure, by claiming the following in the preamble of the order:
"It is the policy of the United States Government to provide equal opportunity in Federal employment and in employment by Federal contractors on the basis of merit and without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex or national origin."
There is some wishful thinking in this sentence, because at the time the order was enacted, it was not the "policy of the United States Government to provide equal opportunity in Federal employment ...."
In the next paragraph, he says that Congress also follows this policy, because it enacted Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The president's former executive order no. 11246 pursues this goal as well, as is stated in the third paragraph of the preamble. However, it left out the feature sex and/or gender.
The fourth paragraph makes the following claim:
"It is desirable that the equal employment opportunity programs provided for in Executive Order No. 11246 expressly embrace discrimination on account of sex."
Therefore, President Johnson extended discrimination protection to the feature of sex.
External links
- Executive Order 11375 from the U.S. National Archives and Records AdministrationNational Archives and Records AdministrationThe National Archives and Records Administration is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with increasing public access to those documents, which comprise the National Archives...
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