Equal Employment and Job Discrimination - Jefferson Chemical Company and Local 1792, Beaumont, Texas (Telegram)

Press Release
March 28, 1968

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  • Press Releases, Volume 5. Equal Employment and Job Discrimination - Jefferson Chemical Company and Local 1792, Beaumont, Texas (Telegram), 1968. 42202396-b892-ee11-be37-6045bddb811f. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/8c01e882-d458-4138-aa5b-44cfd330c1b7/equal-employment-and-job-discrimination-jefferson-chemical-company-and-local-1792-beaumont-texas-telegram. Accessed July 13, 2025.

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LDF ATTORNEYS WILL FILE A COMPLAINT I BEAUMONT ON FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, COMPANY, INC. AND LOCAL 1792, INTERNA AND AEROSPACE WORKERS, AFL-CIO, IN BE RESIDENT OF PORT ARTHUR, WHO IS EMPLO IN PORT NECHES MR, ROY, THRO 
IMPLOYING NEGROES ONL 
SKILLS. ALTHOUGH si 

PLOYED AT THE COMPANY NOW OCCUPY JOB { LABORER, THEY ARE STILL GENERALLY LIM THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT "NO NEGRO 
AND THAT NEGROES "HAVE L 

TAL TRANSFER OR PROMOTION." 

DEVELOPED" AND THE ATTORNEYS ADD THAT 

IN ITS DUTY TO FAIRLY REPRESENT" NEGR THAT LOCAL 1792 HAS FAILED TO EXPRESS THE NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL 
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UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL 

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Dallas, Texas 75201 

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THAT NEGROES ARE REQUIRED TO PASS A TEST WHICH IS 

THE NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. 
ORGANIZATION FROM THE NAACP. 
DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND . an SUNY, INC. 

March 28, 1968 

N THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN 
AGAINST THE JEFFERSON CHEMICAL 

TIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS 
HALF OF WILSON ROY, SR., A NEGRO 
YED BY THE JEFFERSON CcO., LOCATED 
UGH HIS LDF ATTORNEYS, CHARGES 
Y AS LABORERS REGARDLESS OF THEIR 
OME OF THE NEGROES PRESENTLY EM- 
CLASSIFICATIONS OTHER THAN THAT OF 
ITED TO THE LOWER PAYING JOBS." 
FEMALES ARE PRESENTLY EMPLOYED BY 
ITTLE OPPORTUNITY FOR INTER- 
THE LDF WRITTEN COMPLAINT CHARGES 

"NOT PROFESSIONALLY 
"EVEN IF THE TEST IS PROFESSIONALLY DEVELOPED, IT IS INTENTIONALLY USED AND ADMINISTERED IN WAYS WHICH THE LDF CHARGES THAT ALL-WHITE LOCAL 1792 "HAS FAILED 

OES. IN ADDITION, THE LDF CHARGES 
A WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT NEGROES. 
FUND, INC. (LDF) ASKS THE COURT TO JUNCTION PROHIBITING THE ABOVE LISTED PRACTICES AND THAT THOSE POLICIES ARE IN VIOLATION OF TITLE VII 

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Jesse DeVore i 
Director of Public Information 
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc 

Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 

(LDF) Is A 
ITS CORRECT DESIG- 
INC., WHICH IS 

Mr. Bill smith 
PORT ARTHUR NEWS 
549 Fourth St. 
Port Arthur, Texas 77641 

Mr. Ralph Ramos 
KJAC-TV 
2900 Seventeenth St. 
Port Arthur, Texas 

News Department 
KFDM-TV 
2955 Interstate 10 East 
Beaumont, Texas

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