Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 December 1985 — Page 2

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MRS. OSMA SPURLOCK, retiring district director of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, removes one of the many plaques she has been honored with during her 15 years at the helm of the

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‘There’s no longer any blatant

/lumber of cases" which would vise “siTJUd Mayor Wiliam % Hudnut’s administration as t)fc most helpful in enforcing local rights. Hudnut has drawn front a number of civil right sow for his defiarfCe of an order from U.S. Department of Justice dismantle affirmative action hiring policies in the City’s police and fire

departments.

Ironically, Mrs. Spurlock says she is pleased by the enormous increase in cases filed with the EEOC since its inception-from 78 in 197b to

ip over2,000this year.

Si She says the increase means the public has become more aware Of EEOC services, such as free legal assistance if the agency determines

discrimination has occurred.

Persons also are becoming more sophisticated, and less fearful, in filing discrimination charges, she

added.

Mrs. Spurlock said the addition of 11 staff attorneys to the agency was “the high point of my career,** because it “gave us some teeth.’

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ing forward to such assistance to the needy from community businesses, come Dec. 20. I’m certain those businesses which have generously given lb past years wiU give just as

cheerfully this year.

o&SJffllLSL *£?For all of jrtm who yrted • w ing the questions. to reject something which was not 00k,ng 5? r . a . lar * e tl ' rn ®“ , worth the paper it was written on. I

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Board of Captains enough punish- So come on out, and be a part of Township any more th^n ment for his kmg history of abuse »*• ^ - against this city’s citizens? ■ooftlSMilllOM, Pupa IS I hardly think so. Cress’s attitude Marion County Deputy Pro- rig-g-j-n _ ■ innri nm f

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been hitting the meetings, and getting some favorable response, in his bid

after 15 years of service

Vivacious and smiling as ever, Mrs. Spurlock reflected on her

day in the EEOC office.

She said the city “has come a long

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lOyearsago.” companies in that city. But that improvement does not In recent years EEOC has caught

i n . n i,"" mean Indianapolis is a civil rights the chill suffered by affirmative accareer m an rater™, on her final u|opill ,. We . re n0 , b)| any |i011 Mrs Spurkjc J ^ >|l|M)llg|l

means,” Mrs. Spurlock said, the agency’s budget has not been ap“We’ve come a long way, but we preciably cut, it has not increased to still have a long way togo. ’’ adjust for economic factors, such as

She said local discrimination still inflation,

is manifest in such areas as job equi- As a result, the EEOC staff has ty and promotion standards. dwindled from a high of 86 . The federally-based EEOC is not members of 1979 to 65 now, she an affirmative action agency, Mrs. said, adding that the adverse impact Spurlock said, since it concentrates began in the Carter administration 1 , on cases of discrimination concern- and gained force under President

ing specific individuals and Reagan,

organizations, rather than enforcing Mrs. Spurlock indicated that legislation aimed at a more despite the current freeze in atequitable social climate. titudes toward civil rights and affirBut affirmative action plays a mative action isues, things will get

crucial civil rights role, Mrs. better.

But she added it will take increas-

towards other human being* is the sort one often sees in an illtempered animal toward its owner. His barbarous tactics over the years have instilled in some community members a general fear of all police

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For herself, Mrs. Spurlock said she intends to donate a portion of her time to the EEOC, and also do some consulting work. With persons such as Osma Spurlock, when one chapter ends, it means only that a new one is just beginning.

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