Lumber Mill Inc. is a private employer with more than twenty employees. Its employment practices do not indicate a past pattern
of discrimination. It is located in Metro City, which has recently seen an increase in the number of its citizens who are members of protected classes. Under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Lumber Mill is
President John F. Kennedy proposed the Civil Rights Act later signed into law in 1964.
Under the ACT Lumber Mill Inc. as a PRIVATE employer with more than twenty employees located in an area with increasing number of citizens who are members of "protected classes would not be required to implement an affirmative action policy since it is privately owned.
Note that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 equired only government employers or contractors to take "affirmative action" to hire without discrimination.
