NAACP had many problem's with JFK's "token" proposal. They wanted jobs. One day after the order took effect, NAACP labor secretary Herbert Hill filed complaints against the hiring and promoting practices of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Lockheed was doing business with the Defense Department on the first billion-dollar contract. Due to taxpayer-funding being 90% of Lockheed's business, along with disproportionate hiring practices, black workers charged Lockheed with "overt discrimination." Lockheed signed an agreement with Vice President Johnson that pledged an "aggressive seeking out for more qualified minority candidates for technical and skill positions.:63–64 This agreement was the administration's model for a "plan of progress." Johnson and his assistants soon pressured other defense contractors, including Boeing and General Electric, to sign similar voluntary agreements indicating plans for progress. However, these plans were just that, voluntary. Many corporations in the South, still afflicted with Jim Crow laws, largely ignored the federal recommendations.:63–64 COUNT 5
QSN1 Who had issues with JFK's proposal? ANS1 NAACP QSN2 Who filed complaints quickly after the Executive Order was implemented? ANS2 NAACP labor secretary Herbert Hill QSN3 Which company was targeted by the NAACP for not having fair practices? ANS3 Lockheed Aircraft Corporation QSN4 Who did Lockheed sign an agreement with to seek out more minority workers? ANS4 Vice President Johnson QSN5 Which laws did the corporations in the South associate with in order to ignore the federal recommendations? ANS5 Jim Crow