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Bucher, Hon. Jeffrey M., member, Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System...

Burris, Carol, president, Women's Lobby, Inc....

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Flemming, Hon. Arthur S., Chairman, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and
Commissioner, Administration on Aging, Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare; accompanied by John A. Buggs, Staff Director,
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights..

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Gates, Margaret J., codirector, Center for Women Policy Studies; accom-
panied by Nancy D. Polikoff...

Haeussler, Thomas A., president and chief executive officer, Capital
Financial Services, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, and member, board of directors,
National Consumer Finance Association; accompanied by Robert B.
Norris, general counsel, National Consumer Finance Association..---.
Jenkins, Issie, Associate General Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission

Kerr, Richard F., operating vice president for credit for Federated Depart-
ment Stores, Inc., on behalf of the National Retail Merchants Associa-
tion; accompanied by Alan Feldman, counsel for the association; and
Lyall Rodgers, associate corporate credit manager of Federated Depart-
ment Stores.-

Kolker, Ann, legislative coordinator, National Women's Political Caucus..
Lively, Randy, director of public affairs, Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago,
Ill., accompanied by Randy Aires, assistant director for government
affairs, Washington, D.C...

Pottinger, Hon. J. Stanley, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights
Division, Department of Justice.

Russell, Charles T., senior vice president, National BankAmericard, Inc.,
San Francisco, Calif.; accompanied by Sharyn Campbell, Washington
counsel, National BankAmericard..

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Scott, Ann, vice president for legislation, National Organization for Women; accompanied by Patricia Massey, chairperson, national money and credit committee, Women's Equity Action League...

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Stewart, Homer L., Jr., senior vice president, Republic National Bank of Dallas, Tex., on behalf of the American Bankers Association; accompanied by Matthew Hale, general counsel, American Bankers Page Association.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD Ambrose, James A., secretary-treasurer, International Consumer Credit Association, St. Louis, Mo., letter dated June 24, 1974, with an attached portion of a statement filed with the House Subcommittee on Consumer Credit, November 16, 1973, entitled "ICCA Urges Establishment of a National Credit Policy".

American Association of University Women, statement submitted on behalf by Dr. Deborah P. Wolfe, association legislative program committee chairman..

American Bankers Association, statement presented on behalf of, by Homer L. Stewart, Jr., senior vice president, Republic National Bank of Dallas, Tex...

Brickfield, Cyril F., legislative counsel, National Retired Teachers Association and the American Association of Retired Persons, statement submitted supporting H.R. 14856.

Bucher, Hon. Jeffrey M.:

Appendix to statement.

Response to questions of:

Chairman Leonor K. Sullivan..

Hon. Angelo D. Roncallo..

Buggs, John A., Staff Director, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, letter dated July 9, 1974, responding to request of Chairman Sullivan for additional views and specific recommendations on H.R. 14856............. Burris, Carol, prepared statement.

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Campbell, Sharyn G., response to request of Chairman Leonor K. Sullivan
to submit a legal brief on the words "discrimination" and "discriminate"- 338
Center for Women Policy Studies, statement presented by Margaret J.
Gates, codirector_

Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., New York, N. Y., statement submitted by
James H. Harris, senior vice president..
Credit Union National Association (CUNA), statement submitted by
Jonathan Lindley, director of governmental affairs, supporting H.R.
14856.

Department of Justice, statement presented by Hon. J. Stanley Pottinger,
Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division..

Edgeworth, Arthur B., staff vice president and Washington counsel, United States League of Savings Associations, statement submitted on H.R. 14856 ...

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, statement presented by Issie Jenkins, Associate General Counsel...

Federal Reserve System, statement presented by Hon. Jeffrey M. Bucher, Member, Board of Governors.

Flemming, Hon. Arthur S.:

"Mortgage Money: Who Gets It?" a case study in mortgage lending discrimination in Hartford, Conn., U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Clearinghouse Publication No. 48, dated June 1974......

"Obstacles To Financing Minority Enterprises," report of the District of Columbia Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, dated February 1974...

Gates, Margaret J.:

"Credit Discrimination Against Women: Causes and Solutions," article from the Vanderbilt Law Review, April 1974.. Letter responding to the request of Chairman Leonor K. Sullivan to comment on S. 3492, as contained in the Senate version of H.R. 11221, dated June 24, 1974..

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Response to question of Hon. Fortney H. (Pete) Stark, Jr..

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Submission of codes regulating the conduct of members of the National

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Harris, James H., senior vice president, Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.,
New York, N. Y., statement on H.R. 14856.

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Hocker, Wallis G., vice president and general credit manager, J. C. Penney,

New York, N. Y., letter dated June 21, 1974, with an attached copy of new credit application being distributed effective July 1, 1974. Interbank Card Association, statement submitted in connection with hearings on H.R. 14856 by Donald L. Morgan, counsel.. International Consumer Credit Association, St. Louis, Mo.:

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"ICCA Urges Establishment of a National Credit Policy," portion of a statement filed with the House Subcommittee on Consumer Credit, November 16, 1973.

Letter from James A. Ambrose, secretary-treasurer, dated June 27, 1974.

J. C. Penney, New York, N. Y., letter from Wallis G. Hocker, vice president and general credit manager, dated June 21, 1974, with an attached copy of new credit application being distributed effective July 1, 1974.. Jenkins, Issie, response to questions of Chairman Leonor K. Sullivan..... Jordan, Hon. Barbara, a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas:

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Statement relating to legislation prohibiting sex discrimination in the granting of credit...

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Prepared statement...

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Attached exhibits:

Kerr, Richard F.:

A. "Number of New Credit Applications by Age Showing
Approvals, Rejections, and Subsequent Serious Delin-
quency, From Six Stores".

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B. "Number of New Credit Applications Processed by Mari-
tal Status/Sex Showing Approvals, Rejections, and Subse-
quent Serious Delinquency From Six Stores"

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Kolker, Ann, prepared statement..
Lindley, Jonathan, director of governmental affairs, Credit Union National
Association (CUNA), statement submitted supporting H.R. 14856---

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Morgan, Donald L., counsel, Interbank Card Association, statement submitted in connection with hearings on H.R. 14856..

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National Bank Americard, Inc. (NBI), statement presented by Charles T.
Russell, senior vice president_--

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Statement presented on behalf by Thomas A. Haeussler, member, board of directors...

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National Organization for Women (NOW), statement presented by
Ann Scott, vice president for legislation...

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National Retail Merchants Association, statement presented by Richard F.
Kerr, operating vice president for credit for Federated Department
Stores, Inc...

National Retired Teachers Association and the American Association of
Retired Persons, Washington, D.C., statement submitted by Cyril F.
Brick field, legislative counsel..

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National Women's Political Caucus, statement presented by Ann Kolker, legislative coordinator---

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Norris, Robert B., general counsel, National Consumer Finance Associa

tion:

Prepared statement...

Response to question of Hon. Fortney H. (Pete) Stark, Jr..

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Polikoff, Nancy D., legal assistant, Center for Women Policy Studies, letter dated June 24, 1974, responding to request of Chairman Leonor K. Page Sullivan to comment on S. 3492, in Senate version of H.R. 11221...... 399 Pottinger, Hon. J. Stanley:

Response to questions of:

Chairman Leonor K. Sullivan..
Hon. Matthew J. Rinaldo...

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Powell, John H., Jr., Chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, statement submitted.

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Russell, Charles T., prepared statement.--
Scott, Ann:

Addendum to statement identifying acts which might constitute
unlawful discrimination under a statute prohibiting discrimination
on the basis of sex and marital status.
Response to questions of:

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Chairman Leonor K. Sullivan regarding the use of the word "arbitrary".

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Hon. Matthew J. Rinaldo regarding the view of the National
Organization for Women on class actions..

Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, Ill., statement presented on behalf by
Randy Lively, director of public affairs.___.
Stewart, Homer L., Jr.:

Advertisement campaign conducted by the Republic National Bank of
Dallas to assist women in obtaining credit:

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"Credit for Women,' booklet offered explaining guidelines for
women in the establishment of credit.

Full page advertisement in the Dallas Morning News.
"Loans for Miss, Mrs., Ms.--Republic Banks on the Ladies,"
article from the Dallas Morning News----

Results of campaign after 2 months of intensive advertising...
Excerpts from a statement by Evan H. Housworth, senior vice presi-
dent, Citizens and Southern National Bank, Atlanta, Ga., and
member of the Government Relations Council, American Bankers
Association, before the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs of the
House Banking and Currency Committee, October 30, 1973..
Remarks by Eugene H. Adams, chairman of the Governing Council,
American Bankers Association, before the:

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Florida Bankers Association, Bal Harbour, Fla., June 23, 1973. 310 Indiana Bankers Association, French Lick, Ind., June 13, 1974.. Statement presented to the National Commission on Consumer Finance, May 1972...

Sullivan, Hon. Leonor K.:

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Definition of the word "invidious" from Webster's Third New
International Dictionary (1964) . .

Announcement of introduction of H.R. 14856, from the Congressional
Record, May 16, 1974..

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List by number and sponsor of bills referred to the subcommittee
dealing with credit discrimination by reason of sex or marital status.
Omnibus bills introduced to amend the Consumer Credit Protection
Act..

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, statement presented by Hon. Arthur S.
Flemming, Chairman.......

United States League of Savings Associations, statement submitted on
H.R. 14856 by Arthur B. Edgeworth, staff vice president and Washington
counsel..

Wolfe, Dr. Deborah P., association legislative program committee chair-
man, statement on behalf of the American Association of University
Women..

Women's Equity Action League (WEAL), statement submitted by
Patricia A. Massey, chairperson, national money and credit committee..
Women's Lobby, Inc., statement presented by Carol Burris, president....

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APPENDIX-PART 2

"Special Problems of Unavailability," an excerpt consisting of Chapter 8 from the report of the National Commission on Consumer Finance, dated December 1972..

Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, American Law Division, reports requested by Chairman Leonor K. Sullivan analyzing the provisions of State Laws which hinder admission of creditworthy women to the credit society:

"Women and Credit: Available Legal Remedies Against Discrimina-
tory Practices," by Sylvia L. Beckey, legislative attorney, dated
March 13, 1974...

"The Possible Impact of State Dower and Curtesy Laws on the
Problem of Sex Discrimination in Granting Credit and Loans,"
by Sylvia L. Beckey, dated March 21, 1974__
"Women and Credit: Synopsis of Prospective Findings of Study on
Available Legal Remedies Against Sex Discrimination in the
Granting of Credit and Possible State Statutory Origins of Unequal
Treatment Based Primarily on the Credit Applicant's Sex or
Marital Status," by Sylvia L. Beckley, dated May 2, 1974.
"A 50-State Study of Graduated Interest Rate Ceiling Laws Affecting
the Ability of Married Women to Obtain Credit," by James Hall,
legislative attorney, dated May 7, 1974--

Sullivan, Hon. Leonor K., letter to Lester S. Jayson, Director, Congres-
sional Research Service, Library of Congress, dated September 25, 1973,
requesting a report analyzing the provisions of State laws which hinder
admission of creditworthy women to the credit society.......

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Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, American Law Division, report requested by Chairman Leonor K. Sullivan on State laws which may affect "admission of creditworthy women to the credit society":

"Women and Credit: A 50-State Study of Laws in the Area of Married Women's Property Rights, Support Laws, Divorce, Exemption, Homestead, Dower and Curtesy for Purposes of Identifying Possible Statutory Origins of Discrimination in the Granting of Credit When Such Credit is Based Primarily on Sex or Marital Status" by Sylvia L. Beckey, legislative attorney.

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