Clarence BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Et Al., Defendants-Appellees

TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal from a judgment entered September 28, 1973 in the Southern District of New York, Lloyd F. MacMahon, District Judge, dismissing the complaint in an action brought against an agency and officials of the federal government to redress alleged racially discriminatory employment practices presents the questions (1) whether Section 717(c) of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 1 applies retroactively to claims arising before its enactment; (2) whether the statute pre-empts any other federal jurisdictional basis for appellant’s claim; and (3) whether in any…