Lynn C. Woolsey: “in response to the comment of the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) that there is no known discrimination because of…”

“in response to the comment of the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) that there is no known discrimination because of the exemption included in the underlying bill, I would like to read a story that I have here, and the story is that in Georgia last fall, Alan Yorker responded to an advertisement in the Atlanta Journal Constitution for a position at the Methodist Children's Home. Mr. Yorker is an exceptionally qualified psychotherapist with over 20 years' experience counseling young people and their families, and over a decade's experience teaching in Emory University professional schools, and a number of appointments to State professional committees. The Home, as the Methodist Children's Home is referred to, has admitted that his credentials placed him among the top candidates for the position. On the strength of these credentials, the Home rushed him in for an interview where he was first required to disclose in an application form his religious affiliation, church and minister. Mr. Yorker, a Jew, supplied the name of his synagogue and rabbi. As his interview was getting under way, the home administrator checked Mr. Yorker's response to this section of the application, noted that Mr. Yorker is Jewish and announced that the home does not hire people of his faith. Alan Yorker was shown the door.”