A large New York union law week donated $5,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund…

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NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND 
10 COLUMBUS CIRCLE + NEW YORK 19,N.Y. © JUdson 6-8397 

DR. ALLAN KNIGHT CHALMERS > THURGOOD MARSHALL 
Director-Counsel President 

NEW YORK, April 13 -- A large New York union last week donated 

$5,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund to help continue 

the legal efforts against racial discrimination in all phases of 

American life. 

The Joint Board of the Dress and Waist Makers Union, a 60,000 

member affiliate of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 

presented the $5,000 check to Thurgood Marshall, director-counsel of 

the Legal Defense Fund, on Tuesday, at the Joint Board's New York 

headquarters. 

Charles S. Zimmerman, a vice president of the ILGWU and general 

Manager of the Joint Board, said that his union "feels very strongly 

that the fight for civil rights deserves the support of all Americans 

who take democracy seriously." Mr. Zimmerman is also chairman of the 

AFL-CIO Committee on Civil Rights. 

The union leader said that the $5,000 contribution to the Legal 

Defense Fund was part of a continuing program of support for agencies 

and organizations in the field of civil rights. He added that con- 

tributions had also been made to other organizations such as the 

National Urban League, Congress of Racial Equality, and the Jewish 

Labor Committee. 

"Our union has always been active in the defense of minority 

groups," he said. "We regard this as a duty of good citizens in a 

democracy." 

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