The Nation - News from April 9, 1986
The U.S. Civil Rights Commission staff, in a draft report, is calling for a one-year halt to the practice of setting aside federal money for contracts for businesses owned by minority members and women, the commission’s staff director said. The 96-page report, which the commission may consider at a meeting Friday, calls for a moratorium on programs requiring the government to set aside specified percentages of money or work for those businesses, staff director Al Latham said.
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