The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-06-11
REGISTRAR OF TREASURY
WILL NOT BE A NEGRO.
Indications Are That Harding
Policy Will Be To Follow Die
tates of Those Who Protested
Segregation Continues.
(By A. N. P.)

NDy a. IN L.
Washington, d; G.; June 1.-THE
progress Of the Harding Administra;
sometime ago by The Associated Ne
gro Press by the heritage Of Demo-
Gratis from the Wilson regime. The
southern origin. who have brought to
Washington certain fixed notions
about equal and exact justice" as it
refers to certain Americans.
Therefore, discrimination and seq
regaton was known fact and it has
been the general impression that all
persons in the new administration
would welcome information on con-
dluons' IN. order that they might be
corrected.
department of Justice"
II was thought that, like charity,
which begins at home the best place
for justice to begin is in the Depart
ment of Justice. on April II, 1921.
me Associated Negro Press repre-
sentative sent the following letter to
Attorney General Harry NJ. Daugherty:
IT Is my faith in your high sense
OF Justice, as well as in the interest
OF me racial group whom the Asso-
clated Negro Press is seeking to serve
mat | would very respectfully bring
to your attention the two un-Ameri-
can conditions alleged to exist in the
department of Justice. over which
YOU so worthily preside. and which
l believe you would not approve, but
would Immediately rectify, If the same
We're properly brought to your notice.
%. Upon investigation, find
southwestern corner of the Depart
mont of Justice building, vermont
Avenue and h Street, this city, two
FOR WHfTE MEN ,p'araI' and it @%rkse ean be
seen that the other was marked 'FOR
COLORED MEN" although some of the
lettering on the glass door containing
a1 or hp=
| TALLY washed off. / find that these
signs were put up before you took
charge Of the Department of Justice.
and furthermore, that Attorney-Gen-
dered that only water-C closets on GER
tain specified floors of said building
were to be used by Colored employees.
| cannot but believe that the mere
calling of your attention to this man
ifest racial discrimination will result
in its immediate abolishment by you.
"t2). ! further find upon investi-
cation, that practically all of the
Colored clerks. and other Colored en-
| ployes Excepting laborers who neCes-
sarily work all over the building, and
messengers stationed in the hall-ways)
have been gradually segregated and are
now all employed with the eXcep-
! tton Of one cutter and developer at
the Photostat Sectionl in the DIVIS-
| ION OF MAIL AND FLIES. | under
stand that the chief sponsor of this
un-AmeriCan policy of segregation Cor
grouping clerks according to their
race or color) is c. L. stewart who.
from Alabama, and who for eight
years past has been serving as Chief
Clerk in the department of Justice.
Il want to be accurate and fair
| in all of my statements issued through
the Associated Negro Press (serving
10 Negro newspapers throughout the
| country and | fee confident that
you will rightly interpret this frank
and respectful inquiry"
April 23, twelve days later, the fol-
! lowing letter was received from w f,
Cobbs. who signed it as Private Sec
retary and Assistant to the Attorney
Il will bring to the attention OF
the Attorney General your recent COM
munication at the earliest possible
The Associated Negro Press repre-.
sentative made the following reply
to Mr.. Gibbs, April 20, giving a reas'
enable length of time for a reply
from the, Attorney General: ,o,,. -,
| your kind letter of recent dat "
which you state that you will trtng
to the attention of the Attorney Gen
eral at the earliest possible moment
under date of April 1lth. L appreciate
as you state, that there is a greal
rush of work in the Department, anC
yet the matters which l respectfully iI
to become very embarrassing to tn,
present Administration if they indef
initely continue uncorrected. 1t wa!
largely due to my faith in your hlgi
sense of justice which characterize!
both our President and Mr.: Harr!
NJ. Daughterty. which caused me t
call attention to the unsatistactor!
conditions prevailing in the Depart
ment OF Justice. and ! have ever!
reason to believe that the same vii
be promptly remedied when called t.
the Attorney Generals attention
MIR. Gibbs TeIrnhone Conversation.
Not receiving a reply later The As
soCiated Negro Press representatlN
called Mr.. Gibbs on the telephone, Z
inquire abouf an answer. Mr. GlDb
did not seem to remember anytime
about the correspondence. "Wlll yol
tell me what it is about?" he asked
He was told courteously. Mr. Glbb
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