These proceedings are from a hearing that addressed the so-called "glass ceiling"--the dearth of women in mid- and upper-management level positions in corporations and other organizations. Statements of the following persons are included: Senator Paul Simon; Elsie Vartanian, Director of the Women's Bureau; Senator Robert Dole; Lynn Martin, Secretary, Department of Labor; Representative Susan Molinari; Eleanor Hinton Hoytt, National Council of Negro Women, Inc.; Pat Taylor, National President, National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs; Judith L. Lichtman, President, Women's Legal Defense Fund; Marica D. Greenberger, Co-president, National Women's Law Center; and Eleanor Cutrie Smeal, President, The Feminist Majority Foundation; and Ellen W. Ober. (DB)