Senate Unpassed Legislation 1945, H 2080 rejected, SC1/series 231, Petition of Peter M. Leavitt

Petition subject: Racial Discrimination Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25950613 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Louis Lobel, Boston; Peter J. Jordan, Revere; committee on state administration Selected signatures:Peter M. LeavittPeter J. JordanLouis LobelWilliam E. Nolen Actions taken on dates: 1945-01-10,1945-01-11 Legislative action: Received in the House on Janaury 10, 1945 and referred to the committee on state administration and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 11, 1945 and concurred Total signatures: 4 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 4 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, New England Division of the American Jewish Congress Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: to provide a fair employment practice law and for the establishment of a state commission against discrimination and relative to its powers and duties, includes addresses, towns next to names including Boston, Revere, Holyoke Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1945, H 2080 rejected Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.