District Court, M.D. Georgia June 27, 1958, Civ. 711 (Washington v. Central of Georgia Railway Company)

BOOTLE, District Judge.

The above action was instituted in this Court on December 12th, 1949, by a number of Negro firemen on the Central of Georgia Railway Company to strike down racial discrimination then practiced under the Southeastern Carriers’ Conference Agreement

of

February 18th, 1941 limiting Negro firemen, euphemistically referred to therein as non-promotable firemen, to 50% in each