St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-08-23

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In this business frequent opportunities
to visit washington D. C. paid our first visit to that
despite the opportunity to go there at least once
Back in 1916 Nssus and the writer in
D. C. your correspondent
Washington until became the capital city OF the Us aer a
capital conderacy which was up until the past five
years
life when raroading for the Pullman
Company Capital City number Of times We
beauty city and took number Of low cost sight
tours but always frustrated because win eating places
around Negro owned establishment
away usually predomnany Negro district to obtain
In 1916 it still good Minnesota Congressman Con-
of the northern states had to take
their American constituents the capital area to the u
Supreme building lunch The Supreme Court building
time the place Negroes could eat noon meal
Some of our readers may Priest
Illinois, since the RecOnstruc
a colleagues the Twente because
Negro refused food in the House of
Representatives employees dining
Washington the beautiful cities earth, the
visiting community found it well nigh i'm
possible Accommodations late 949
jobs Hubert H Humphrey of Mime
Washington 1919 the hotel sit
pointed public Accommodations
against American nationals very capital
only hotel ASSOCIATION
personally members the association at
chance urging that it was their duty to change oumoded estr
One the being tremendously
ashamed of conditions in washington was on the of
world including three four
African students
capitol building lectung them the
greatness Republic democratic form of
ment-which individual and provided freedom and
justice equality for all its people.
group and left the capitol building
by the convincing equence of the
Senator from Minnesota.
Later day group surprised
that downtown Washington had
European but refused
to the Africans the because they thought they were
American Negroes The entire of walked out of the
restaurant
Naturally Senator Humphrey
% up the practice.
Eisenhower administration is generally given praise for
erang the last vesge of race discrimination in public cafes
hotels Washington there
capital before the Eisenhower administration
embarrassing restrictions
the late Mary
challenged Chds
rant chain under old District law which had been dead letter on
Negro Washngonian did not
bother combat the condition by invoking the law Mrs Terrell the
NACP the AVG the CLIO and other groups started fun onslaught
the only legitimate theatre there
Actors refused to allow their members to play
admit Negroes the Fifties
Eisenhower administration be credited for keeping the
and today could return
unhestangy to the Capital City of country did last
week walking talking and acting like citizen and man and
not a quarry
We stopped at the Mayfower many
distinguished lawmakers, where few Negro
simply and the management made
bones about it, Now everybody from the alert doorman to the maid
VIII your you very welcome.
Many leading Dxcrats live this hotel
leading hOstey and of the POti
cal and life of the Capital City
ate in Washington where only few
years ago bodily sought
important things life than food drink and
of needs simply
capital the greatest democracy
and great dsserice to the reputation
o
Foreign embassy attaches from all the world for
that hypoctical
its own peope Of color were so ated that they
hamburger and Of
coffee! right capital money these
people paid legislators built buildings
and country's greatness
Wen write impressions Washington
columns, be-
yond the o allotted this column.-CEN