Will Maslow
A Boys High physics teacher introduced the cousins to Upton Sinclair's books, which promoted concern for the disadvantaged and a belief that managing the labor/capital relationship equitably would be critical to the success of American democracy.
It opposed the condemnation of Sacco and Vanzetti, the brutal treatment of striking miners, the ban on working foreign students, and compulsory military training at Cornell.
[13] Hired as an examiner and soon promoted to associate counsel, Maslow was assigned a large and diverse set of high-profile cases ranging from defiant "tin box" racketeers, electric and gas utility corruption, consumer fraud protection, and stalemated labor-management conflicts.
[18] In 1941, Maslow was promoted to administrative law judge, an NLRB staff position responsible for docketing, presiding over, and deciding unfair labor practice cases.
"[22] Reed described Maslow as "bright, intense, and aggressive, [who] ran a tight operation, laying down strict and unambiguous field instructions for the regional directors and investigators to follow.
CLSA's mission was to use law, legislation, friend-of-the court briefs, and community political pressure to address, prohibit, and eliminate discrimination not only of Jews but of all American minorities.
[27] They "served as the legal architects and political strategists of a federated campaign to pass legislation prohibiting discrimination--not only in employment but also in higher education, housing, and public accommodations.
In retirement, he continued writing briefs and papers as a volunteer through the late 1990s.Under his counsel and leadership, AJCongress was often in the courts challenging discrimination and advocating civil rights.
[34] Maslow created the AJCongress' Commission on Law and Social Action and with it, filed a discrimination suit against Columbia University, demanding that it change its discriminatory admissions quotas.
[35] In 1947, he fought for strict adherence to the Ives-Quinn Act which forbade discrimination in employment, charging that job agencies were disregarding this law en masse, 88% in fact.
