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...letter cites disparities in the representation of the incident to Lee during Lee's investigation by Holcombe and Charles Norwood, one of Holcombe's co-workers...
According to the letter, Holcombe told Lee that he had informed Norwood of the "exact racial slur" immediately after Sweeney used...
...Norwood, the letter continues, told Lee in November that Holcombe had merely informed him that Sweeney just "insulted me" and had not actually named the slur. Finally, according to the letter, Holcombe told Alan Balsam, chief shop steward of Local 26 of the Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Employees' Union, of the incident the day after it happened. Balsam, in turn, apparently informed union leaders of the incident the same day, but failed to mention any 'racial slur' until two days later...
...Norwood could not be reached for comment yesterday. But last Sunday he said that when Holcombe emerged from his meeting with Sweeney, "He looked really shook up, and he said 'she called me a damn nigger, Charley...
Holcombe said yesterday that he and Norwood "both told the same story...