He fought to include in title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 a provision rendering illegal the practice of discrimination on the part of both employers and unions. in the matter of hiring workers or admitting them to union membership. Another matter coming to the attention of James Roosevelt. as chairman of the General Labor Subcommitte. was the plight of the migratory worker who. in consequence of his wandering life. has no Congressman of his own to represent his interests. Advised that certain hiring practices were detrimental and grossly unfair to the migratory working class. he worked to include in the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 a section protecting the interests of the migrant worker. James Roosevelt has acted in behalf of the weak and the oppressed. and. frequently against the interests of the powerful and the influential. Now. with the appointment of James Roosevelt to the United Nations. we will see his concern for the weak and the oppressed once again.