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Consists primarily of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with Frances Freeborn Pauley, Executive Director of the Georgia Council on Human Relations GCHR. Topics include plans for Kehrer's attendance at a the 1965 and 1966 state meetings of the GCHR.

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Consists of correspondence and documents related to the activities of the Georgia Employment and Training Council. Includes descriptions of state training and employment assistance programs and correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with Don Bryant, Council member and Deputy Director of the Georgia Employment Security Agency, on the effective distribution of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) funds in the state.

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Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with Harry Pettigrew of the Georgia Legal Services Program concerning bills in the Georgia General Assembly, particularly a bill that would weaken protections against predatory lending and another that would remove the interest rate cap on home loans.

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Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with Frances Furlow, Director of the State Bar of Georgia's Prison Project. Furlow requests Kehrer's input on a grant project being developed by the State Bar to research new approaches to prison labor, and later complains of a lack of response from Georgia State AFL-CIO leaders.

Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence and documents related to a survey carried out by labor and civil rights organizations in Georgia that found violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by the Georgia State Employment Service. Includes correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz and Assistant Secretary of Labor Stanley Ruttenberg on the investigation into Employment Service, discussion of survey tools and metrics for measuring discrimination, and promotional materials collected...

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Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with E.D. Mink, Supervisor of the Georgia State Patrol Motor Vehicle Inspection Division, regarding a public statement by Mink that the diversion of State Patrol officers to respond to protests and unrest had led to record fatalities on Georgia highways in 1965. Kehrer wrote to take issue with this statement and request evidence, and Mink responded by providing records.

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Consists of a survey conducted by the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department and the Georgia Council on Human Relations (GCHR) to identify discrimination by the Florida State Employment Service. Members of the GCHR observed and interviewed staff at local offices of the Georgia State Employment Service and reported their findings, including several cases of segregated facilities and discriminatory behavior towards African American clients. Includes surveys from fifteen cities.

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Consists of correspondence and documents related to the Task Force on Income Maintenance, a division of the Goals for Georgia program tasked with improving equal access to welfare under the governorship of Jimmy Carter. Contents include correspondence between E.T. Kehrer and other members of the Task Force, a letter from Carter inviting Kehrer to attend the 1971 Goals for Georgia statewide forum in Atlanta, and a report from the Task Force on inequality in Georgia's welfare services.

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Consists of correspondence, notes, and statements of E.T. Kehrer regarding his opposition to the 1969 nomination of Clement Haynsworth to the U.S. Supreme Court. Includes notes taken by Kehrer detailing his investigation into Haynsworth's political views, a signed affidavit by Kehrer indicating that interviewees had described Haynsworth to him as pro-segregation and anti-labor, and correspondence urging opposition to Haynsworth's nomination.

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Consists primarily of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with staff of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). Contents include letters from Kehrer to HEW staff, including Secretary John W. Gardner, urging strong enforcement of HEW's 1966 policies on integration in school and healthcare services. Also includes statements from the AFL-CIO opposing

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Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with civil rights activist Aileen C. Hernandez. Contents include a 1965 letter from Kehrer congratulating Hernandez on her appointment to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and a response from Kehrer to Hernandez's 1966 Christmas card, noting Hernandez' resignation from the EEOC and her role in helping found the National Organization for Women (NOW).

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Consists of a letter from E.T. Kehrer to various civil rights and social service organizations active in Atlanta, Georgia, suggesting the creation of an independent watchdog organization to monitor Atlanta-area hospitals for compliance with the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Includes affirmative responses from several organizations, including the suggestion of organizing the watchdog group through the existing Community Council of the Atlanta Area (CCAA).

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Consists of a letter from E.T. Kehrer to the AFL-CIO Human Resources Development Institute (HRDI) requesting information on two HDRI-backed housing development and job training programs in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Also includes the proposals and other descriptive documents for both projects.

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Consists of correspondence and documents related to a June 1974 conference held at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on hunger in the southern United States. Contents include planning correspondence between E.T. Kehrer and conference organizers regarding Kehrer's role as head of the Georgia caucus of attendees, conference programs, and lists of conference attendees.

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Consists primarily of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with staff of the Industrial Relations Research Agency (IRRA). Contents include planning for the 1974 national IRRA conference held in Atlanta, Georgia and planning for Kehrer to attend a 1976 IRRA conference in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with staff of Interfaith, Inc., a nonprofit created to organize religious groups to support housing development and urban renewal in Atlanta, Georgia. Contents include letters from Interfaith, Inc. staff informing Kehrer about the organization and a copy of the organization's bylaws.

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Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with staff of the Jewish Labor Committee (JLC). Contents include a 1965 letter from Kehrer to the JLC Chicago branch mentioning AFL-CIO activities in the Mississippi Delta and planning for a 1976 luncheon in Atlanta held for visiting JLC Field Services Director Martin Lapan.

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Consists of a letter from lawyer and civil rights activist Mordecai C. Johnson to E.T. Kehrer requesting that Kehrer provide input and suggest funding sources for a voter registration initiative in Florence County, South Carolina. Also includes a grant proposal for the voter registration initiative.

Scope and Contents Consists primarily of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with J. William Hanlon, Executive Director of the Georgia Council on Economic Education (GCEE), and with M.L. Frankel, President of the national Joint Council on Economic Education (JCEE). Contents include requests for Kehrer's participation in courses and workshops organized by the GCEE, planning for national meetings and events during Kehrer's 1975-1977 term as a board member of the JCEE, and discussion of how best to incorporate...

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Consists primarily of a speech given by E.T. Kehrer at a May 1978 awards program of the Kansas City Metropolitan Regional Commission on the Status of Women, while receiving an award on behalf of AFL-CIO President George Meany. Also includes correspondence between the Commission and Meany and newspaper articles on a speech given by Shirley Chisholm while receiving an award during the same program.