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urgent request of labor leader and civil rights activist A. Philip Randolph (1889-1979) that the federal government ban employment discrimination by defense contractors. Challenged from the outset by many who strenuously opposed its mission, and by internal disagreements over responsibilities and staffing, FEPC was reorganized in May 1943. The new chairman, Malcolm H. Ross, asked Will Maslow, still at NLRB, to draft an executive order that would strengthen the FEPC and increase its funding. Ross

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