![Sec. Wirtz](wirtz.jpg)
September 25, 1962 to January 20, 1969
From Illinois; Harvard Law School. Teacher of English and
law; general counsel, Board of Economic Warfare, War Labor Board; Chairman,
Wage Stabilization Board.
Appointed by John F. Kennedy. In labor-management disputes,
he encouraged resolution through collective bargaining rather than government
intervention. Promoted research to identify labor shortages; led the "War on
Poverty" with a host of programs for youth, dropouts, older workers, hardcore
unemployed. Implemented new DOL antidiscrimination regulatory responsibilities
under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Portrait Artist: Everett R. Kinstler
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