Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-08-21
CGLORED RACE PROTESTS,
Segregation az Erupioycs Mt Washing
ton Brir-iH Appeal to President

I
ton Brir9S Appeal to President.
New Yori. Aug 1.-THE National
Atnociaton Cor the Advancement &C
CoIorec Fsop,e through It's presidei.:
MoorG,!o storey. has sent ;ho follow
! Ing lotter on federal race discritlua
too t. President Woodrow Wilsoa
! The N"tioaal association Cor the
Advancement. Of Coloreu People,
through It's BOARD Of Dicectore r.
Naentfuu5 orotcsEs against IT.. pt1isy
o. yooT afirtniotatiop N segreKa..aU
tho cc,o-ed e,..r,oyeY II the depI-t.
lc,h nc Washington II rea.iass ,n.i
this rev an fueica. teparture has
/ bean recon nn"uceJ anS Us now 6.1..,.
/ rSfei oed. OF the prouiL ;hac by civ
inE certain bureaus u. SECTIONS who'll,
! to coloroj i1ip.oycp pay a-a thereby
rendered sa:af n p,-e.se.on OF tneSr
"~iees nnd are less likely 20 b. ouBtec
or c:scrim mated n4lpKs ws 5alieyo
tMs reasoning to 20 eallaoicua t Is
basel on failure 20 aptrnotate The
EserCr siSnhloarc, OF the now policy:
! TO updsrstand row fee I. annfay the
eG eots of such IrawTng o. anstc
iip-s ny cao FEDERAL goverlu,,nt sney
''e. ant how ham uLatinB u IL to the
Ken Car4 st.Gmatized
! we ger before las tbs led. ~<l govern
usct dScrtsuinatsd agenlst ite civilian
anicioNoc Oh the ground or color EVERY
! such 40, heretaforo hAs her tnat Of an
int.I'fcia1 State. ire very p.eranre of
the capitol ard of thc colerul nng has
down oolorcd people to tho District ot
Columbia in tbs heiief thA. l.snlg theya
rider the shadow OF tho nations, govern
! ttCp1~
persecution and discrimination which fol-
low them elsewhere because OF their dark
skins To-day they learn that, though
their ancestors have fought in every war
in behalf Of the United States, in the
Goth year after Gettysburg and emancipa-
ton. this government, founded on the
theory Of complete equality and freedom
for all citizens, has established two classes
among its civilian employees. It has set
the cOlored apart as If mere contact with
them were contamination. The efficiency
Of their labor, the principles Of scientific
management are disreearded the posi-
bilites Of promotion If not now will soon
be severely limited.
TO them is held out only the prospect
lof mere subordinate routine service with
out the stimulus of advancement to high
office by merit, a right deemed inviolahle
for all white natives as for the children
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scraa,s and crosad d,or. .h.,.
lanart &C ,bouqb larrors ,ro, az,
women alike have tha tadpa of irfe,to,i,,,
pressed upon them bv government decree
How long will II be before the batef.l
epithet of niger and ,Un1-Crov' are
openly applied to these sections? Tat any
one experienced in WASHINGTON affairs. or
any trained newspaper correspondent an
swer
THE colored people themselves will
tell you how soon sensitive and high
minded members of their race vii! re-
fuse TO enter the government service
which thus DEGREES what is TO them
the most hateful kind of discrimna-
ton. Indeed, there is widespread
belief among them that this is the very
purpose of these unwarrantahle or
ders. Ana wherever there are men
who rob the negroes of their votes.
VINO exploit and degrade and insult
and lynch those whom they call their
interiors, there this mistaken action