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[Decision regarding the charges brought by the Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company] (open access)

[Decision regarding the charges brought by the Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company]

Charges filed by the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice against Shell Oil Company, Incorporated, dated December 11, 1944, for engaging in discriminatory employment practices at the Deer Park Refinery in Houston, Texas.
Date: December 30, 1944
Creator: United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of case number 68, Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company] (open access)

[Copy of case number 68, Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company]

Copy of a legal document of charges brought by the United States Fair Employment Committee in the matter of Shell Oil Company, Incorporated, and Oil Workers International Union, Local 367, C.I.O. for engaging in discriminatory employment practices. A hearing was ordered by the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice to examine the complaints filed with the said committee. This document was signed on behalf of Shell Oil Company by P.E. Foster, refinery manager, and John C. Quilty, Industrial Manager. C.B. Locke, President, signed for Oil Workers International Union, local 367, C.I.O., and Emanuel H. Bloch, Trial Counsel, signed for the President's Committee of Fair Employment Practice.
Date: December 30, 1944
Creator: United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Case number 68, Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company] (open access)

[Case number 68, Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company]

Legal document of charges brought by the United States Fair Employment Committee in the matter of Shell Oil Company, Incorporated, and Oil Workers International Union, Local 367, C.I.O. for engaging in discriminatory employment practices. A hearing was ordered by the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice to examine the complaints filed with the said committee. This document was signed on behalf of Shell Oil Company by P.E. Foster, refinery manager, and John C. Quilty, Industrial Manager. C.B. Locke, President, signed for Oil Workers International Union, local 367, C.I.O., and Emanuel H. Bloch, Trial Counsel, signed for the President's Committee of Fair Employment Practice.
Date: December 30, 1944
Creator: United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gus D. Ulrich to I. H. Kempner, December 19, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Gus D. Ulrich to I. H. Kempner, December 19, 1944]

Letter from Gus D. Ulrich to I. H. Kempner discussing the delivery of Christmas figs.
Date: December 19, 1944
Creator: Ulrich, Gus D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Williamson, December 12, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Williamson, December 12, 1944]

Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Williamson about an upcoming exhibition.
Date: December 12, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Jeane Bertig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Williamson, December 19, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Williamson, December 19, 1944]

Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Williamson containing a letter with information on hospital work.
Date: December 19, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Jeane Bertig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Williamson, December 18, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Williamson, December 18, 1944]

Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Williamson telling her that she will later inform her of her duties as a member of the state board.
Date: December 18, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Jeane Bertig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Williamson, December 7, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Williamson, December 7, 1944]

Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Williamson containing a progress report.
Date: December 7, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Jeane Bertig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Mrs. Whitlock to Mrs. Kempner, December 12, 1944] (open access)

[Telegram from Mrs. Whitlock to Mrs. Kempner, December 12, 1944]

Telegram from Mrs. Whitlock to Mrs. Kempner requesting reports on the San Antonio, West Columbia, and Farwell units.
Date: December 12, 1944
Creator: Whitlock, Marion
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Canter, December 18, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Canter, December 18, 1944]

Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Canter asking of she would be willing to accept a position in the State Board.
Date: December 18, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Jeane Bertig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Erne Buhler to John J. Herrera - 1944-12-07] (open access)

[Letter from Erne Buhler to John J. Herrera - 1944-12-07]

Letter declaring that John J. Herrera's Application for Admission to the Bar has been approved by the Bar Committee.
Date: December 7, 1944
Creator: Buhler, Erne
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr., to Seabrook Yacht Corporation, December 6, 1944 (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr., to Seabrook Yacht Corporation, December 6, 1944

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr., to Seabrook Yacht Corporation enclosing a check for $15.50 covering Mr. Harris L. Kempner's statement of December 1 for the storage for the month of December 1944.
Date: December 6, 1944
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medical Consideration of WASP (open access)

Medical Consideration of WASP

Report on the physical, psychological, medical, and emotional capabilities of women in aviation, formed from several studies on the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The report concludes that women can typically meet all requirements for safe flight without hindrance, and suggests that any similar future program to the WASP should be militarized.
Date: December 20, 1944
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ed Gossett to Walter Woodul, December 29, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Ed Gossett to Walter Woodul, December 29, 1944]

Letter from Ed Gossett to Walter Woodul thanking Woodul for his gift of figs and asking to see him soon.
Date: December 29, 1944
Creator: Gossett, Ed
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mose Feld, December 22, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mose Feld, December 22, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mose Feld thanking Feld for the necktie he sent and discussing the ongoing war.
Date: December 22, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Mr. Nelson, December 26, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Mr. Nelson, December 26, 1944]

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Mr. Nelson thanking him for the cigars and discussing train tickets.
Date: December 26, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Nat Patton to I. H. Kempner and Walter F. Woodul, December 23, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Nat Patton to I. H. Kempner and Walter F. Woodul, December 23, 1944]

Letter from Nat Patton to I. H. Kempner and Walter F. Woodul wishing the men a nice Christmas after thanking them for their gift and discussing the unusual nature of Christmas with a war going on.
Date: December 23, 1944
Creator: Patton, Nat
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Albert Thomas to Walter Woodul, December 23, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Albert Thomas to Walter Woodul, December 23, 1944]

Letter from Albert Thomas to Walter Woodul discussing Woodul sending figs to Thomas for the holidays and wishing the Wooduls a Merry Christmas.
Date: December 23, 1944
Creator: Thomas, Albert
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 14, 1944 (open access)

Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 14, 1944

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 14, 1944
Creator: White, D. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1944 (open access)

Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1944

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 7, 1944
Creator: White, D. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1944 (open access)

Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1944

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 21, 1944
Creator: White, D. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1944 (open access)

Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1944

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 28, 1944
Creator: White, D. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Tom Connally to Walter F. Woodul, December 26, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Tom Connally to Walter F. Woodul, December 26, 1944]

Letter from Tom Connally to Walter F. Woodul thanking him and Mr. Kempner for sending him some dried figs for Christmas.
Date: December 26, 1944
Creator: Connally, Tom, 1877-1963
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 168, Ed. 1 Friday, December 29, 1944 (open access)

The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 168, Ed. 1 Friday, December 29, 1944

Daily newspaper from Goose Creek, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 29, 1944
Creator: Hartman, Fred
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History