The Washington times., 1914-12-03
CITIZENS BODY WILL
URGE SEGREGATION
Columbia Heights Association to
Ask Congress to Act at the
Coming Session.

The Columbia Heights Citizens Asso-
Cation will endeavor to have Congress.
AT the coming session, take up the Ques-
ticr of segregation of colored people in
the District of Columbia.
Several months ago the association,
after an extensive investigation Oy The
committee on law and legislation. went
N record as favoring segregation, and
~ the meeting of the association held
last night in st. Stephens Hall, Bynum
T.. Hinton, chairman of the committee
ir charge OF the matter. stated ii had
been planned to push the legislation at
the coming session OF Congress.
The question was brought up before
the association last evening by Alton B.
arty. one of the members of the COM
Ei,ttee. who stated that during the sum
mel and fall several residences in ex-
elusive white sections in the vicinity of
Columbia Heights had been sold to col
ored people.
The association will seek to have
Congress pass a law similar 10 the one
adopted in Baltimore some time ago.
This regulation is held not to be DIS
cr:minatory. in that il prohibits white
people from living in colored sections,
IS well as prohibiting colored people
from living in white districts.
IL developed at the meeting that the
movement now being agitated by civic
associations of Mt. Pleasant for a new
building TO replace the old frame struc-
School was started by the Columbia
Heights Association. Nearly two ,-ears
ago J. Clinton Hiatt introduced a reso-
luton calling upon the Commissioners
TO erect a new building on this site. At
the meeting last evening Mr.. Hiatt IN
troduced the following resolution on the
subject which was adopted unani-
fnously:
Whereas the parents and school
children and the citizens of Columbia
Heights and Mt. Pleasant are voicing
serious complaint against the old frame
building erected in 1871. known as the
annex to the johnson School, Lamont
and School streets. as being poorly
heated. badly lighted. lily ventilated,
unsanitary, and a fire-trap. to which
repairs are unavailable, and in which
80 of our school children are in daily
attendance, thereby placing their lives
In 1eoparoy; and
Whereas at present the school
buildings in Columbia Heights are in
adequate and insufficient to accommo-
date the large number of children in
this rapidly growing section; therefore
bt it
Resolved That the Columbia Heights
Citizens Association hereby renews its
action on a former resolution adopted
by the association, asking that a four
or an eight room building be erected
adjacent to the present johnson School.
as there is sufficient ground for this
purpose, and that the old frame build
Tag either be torn down or removed.
And be il further
Resolved. That the association also
renew its action on a former resolution,
adopted several months ago. asking that
an eight-room building be added to the
Powell School building. located in School
street. and urge the present Congress
TO pass the necessary appropriation for
the additional building"
Edgar S. Martin. supervisor of play
grounds of the District, delivered an in
teresting address prior to the business
meeting. in which he pointed ont the
need for a recreation center in the Co
lumbia Heights section A troop CT
Boy couts was in attendance.
In the absence of William H. Saun-
dcrs the president. William p. Todd, |
vice president. presided. 1t had been
planned to have Congressman Crosser
address the meeting last night on MS
scheme for public ownership of utilities
IN the District but as he was out of the
city an invitation will be extended TO
him TO appear before the association at
the January meeting.