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Advocates; Should we cut back veteran’s preference for state and federal jobs to provide more opportunities for women?

Part of The Advocates.

04/29/1979

Moderator: Michael Dukakis Advocate: Margaret Marshall Advocate: Avi Nelson Witnesses: Alan Campbell – Director, Office of Personnel Management Virginia Dondy – Equal Opportunity Office, Dept. of Air Force Norman Hartnett – Disabled American Veterans Rep. James Hanley – (D) New York


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Series
Advocates
Program
Should we cut back veteran’s preference for state and federal jobs to provide more opportunities for women?
Program Number

611

Series Description

A SERIES OF DEBATES with a moderator facilitating the discussion of national and international issues - using advocates who would introduce witnesses to support their point of view. Debates recorded at Boston's Faneuil Hall. Moderators included: Michael Dukakis; Marilyn Berger; Michael Harrington, Robert Maynard. (Premiered October, 1969; conceived by Prof. Roger Fisher.) Other participants included Barney Frank, Avi Nelson, Antonin Scalia, S.I. Hayakawa, Paul Simon, Albert Shankar, Richard Bolling, Pete McCloskey, Chester Crocker, John Anderson, Elmo Zumwalt, George Ball, John Kenneth Galbraith, William Colby, Eleanor Smeal, Phyllis Schlafly, Sam Ervin, Laurence Tribe, Daniel Schorr, Orrin Hatch, Morris Udall, Edward Kennedy, George McGovern, Jake Garn, Paul Tsongas, Alan Dershowitz. Series release date: 1969

Duration

00:59:05

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Subjects
Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933-
Marshall, Margaret H.
Locations
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Genres
Debate
Topics
Social Issues
Public Affairs
Contributors
Nelson, Avi (Guest)
Dukakis, Michael (Moderator)
Dondy, Virginia (Guest)
Campbell, Alan (Guest)
Hartnett, Norman (Guest)
Hanley, James (Guest)
Marshall, Margaret (Guest)
Publication Information
Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
Citation
Chicago: “Advocates; Should we cut back veteran’s preference for state and federal jobs to provide more opportunities for women?,” 04/29/1979, GBH Archives, accessed November 17, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7BF12677D89D4ED2ACCA764C1EA81073.
MLA: “Advocates; Should we cut back veteran’s preference for state and federal jobs to provide more opportunities for women?.” 04/29/1979. GBH Archives. Web. November 17, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7BF12677D89D4ED2ACCA764C1EA81073>.
APA: Advocates; Should we cut back veteran’s preference for state and federal jobs to provide more opportunities for women?. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7BF12677D89D4ED2ACCA764C1EA81073
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