Evening star., 1954-01-03

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In NAACP Report:
District Hotels Scored
President Eisenhower was
lauded yesterday for important
civil rights advances" during
1853. in a report which charged
most Washington hotels with
still having q quota system for
colored.
The Washington Bureau Of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People. in
q year-end summary, also scored
continued segregation in the
District Of Columbia public rec
reation programs" It added.
however, that notable strides
have been made in eliminating
segregation in Washington"
Clarence Mitchell. bureau d.
rector, listed these challenges to
the new administration IN 1854:
Housing. civil rights legislation.
discrimination in the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing and
negative Washington hotel poll
cieS.
Some Advances Noted.
Regarding the hotels. the re-
port declared:
Although notable strides have
been made in ending segregation
In Washington theaters and res
taurants, q number Of areas are
still troublesome. Most Of the
Washington hotels have estab-
lished quotas for colored guests" I"
Mr.. Mitchell amplif1ed the
hotel situation verbally. by ex-
planning:
Most people think Washing
ton hotels have ended segrega-
ton when as a matter Of fact
they have not. School. labor
and church groups will be COM
ing in the spring in large num-
bers. They will be embarrassed
If they seek hotel Accommodations
here and are unable to secure
them because Of race"
Praise Eisenhower.
President Eisenhower was
praised for re-establishing the
Government Contract Committee
to police non-discrimination
clauses in Government con-
tracts. It commended lawmakers
who sponsored a proposed nom
segregation amendment to the
National Labor Management
Relations Act.
The report raised the question
whether the President would
support the Fair Employment
Board or the Jim Grow policies
of the Bureau Of Engraving.
This, it explained, grows out Of
q move by the bureau to ouSt
colored plate printer apprentices.
even though they were being
given training as a result Of the
boards decision.
The Fair Employment Prac-
tices Commission legislation is in
the hands Of a friendly Senate
Labor Committee, but an un-
friendly House group. the report
said.
&c. o. P. leaders were said to
be considering anti-Jim Crow
travel. anti-lynching and anti
poll tax bills as possible items on
the legislative calendar" the re-
port declared.
Mentioned also were associa-
ton support of statehood for
Hawaii and opposition to the
Bricker amendment to limit the
Presidents treaty-making pow
erS.
Rap Housing Policies.
Present housing policies, which
make the Government "the
greatest single force in promot-
ing housing segregation in the
United States" were sharply
criticized in the report. This
situation could be corrected by
the administration. without con-
gressional action. the report
contended.
Segregation problems in
schools on 81 posts of the armed
forces will be resolved in 1854,
the report predicted. It praised
President Eisenhower for his
stand against segregation in
schools on military posts. The
report opposed segregation in
schools under sponsorship Of the
Atomic Energy Commission.
The Navy's move in ending Sc
gregation in Southern shore es-
adjustments also drew praise.
Veterans Administrator Harvey
Higley was commended for NOV
ing to abolish segregation in VA
hospitals. Segregation in VA hos
pitals viii be ended completely
by March, the report predicted.
The report also cited expert
ences Of colored soldiers who
were unjustly jailed or beaten
In 1858 by policemen In Florida.
Louisiana. South Carolina, and
Virginia as things which make
the ''halls or the Kretnlin vibrate