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After his reinstatement last week, Holcombe denied an offer of transfer to the Freshman Union made by Frances E. Sweeney, manager of the Radcliffe dining halls...
Holcombe also said Sweeney yesterday denied all five grievances about dining hall working conditions that Holcombe submitted to her before his suspension...
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...