Equal Employment and Job Discrimination - Jefferson Chemical Company and Local 1792, Beaumont, Texas (Telegram)
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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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Hd © i | V do i WON ALL E SW7ROTODRAT 17H : W] ‘CT] RN UN s. TELE GRAM RW. McFALL. Paesipext Ed.Fund o e 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 GRANT A PER A DECLARATORY J OF THE CIVIL RI MENT TS ACT OF 1964. 10 NOTE: SEPARATE AND DISTINCT NATION IS NAACP LEGAL SHORTENED TO LDF. as Bureau Chief UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL 1606 Patterson st. Dallas, Texas 75201 ‘ : : ' ' t ' ‘ ' : : Mr. Robert H. Johnson, Jr. ! t t 1 ' t ’ ' ' t ASSOCIATED PRESS Times-Herald Herald Square Dallas, Texas ' : Mr. Dennis Connell ' ENTERPRISE & JOURNAL ‘ P.O. Box 3071 ' ‘ Ont, Texas 77704 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 j 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