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 November 23, 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
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March 28, 1968

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

TIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS
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THE LDF WRITTEN COMPLAINT CHARGES

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"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

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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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