Evening star., 1961-12-07
MILLER

Iellbdl anu SpeClllCdlly SJdIeC
that this provision was tC
assist in enforcing the covenant
requiring the Miller company's
approval of the sale or lease.
This information" the At.
torney General wrote, was de-
veloped in order to find out
whether the practices followed
by the Miller company would be
in violation of any provision OF
the antitrust laws.
While the matter is still
under consideration, the de-
partment does not presently
contemplate any legal action
against the Miller company
upon the facts thus far de-
veloped."
! Withdrawal Announced
Less than 10 days after the
RIA got the Attorney Generals
letter and heard protests
against the Miller company, the
RIA announced withdrawal of
the Miller company from the
Tiber Island Corp. and ap-
proved the Tiber lease.
The FBI investigation, how
ever, was still going on as re-
Gently this week in the Wesley
Heights area.
Mrs. j. Douglas Rollow, who
lives in a large French provin-
clal home with nearly an acre
of ground at 4524 Cathedral
avenue NV, said two FBI
agents asked her if she had
signed a two-page statement
which carried an agreement to
sell only to desirable Cauca-
sions. She said she saw a list
of between Is and 20 names of
neighbors.
They asked me if I remem-
bered a group of neighbors
getting together on this" she
said. Il don't remember a
group. I think we did it all
through the Millers."
She said she had promised
to restrict the sale and that
was all there was to it.
Il think it's awful to come
in here and try to break up
a neighborhood," she added
Il for one would certainly live
up to my agreement of 80
years ago."
Mrs. Rollow said when she
and her husband bought the
property, I'VE were told by the
Millers that we didn't have the
right to sell to anybody who
came along and I told the
agents that I personally felt
bound by my promises and
for one would only sell to peo-
pie beneficial to my neighbors.
While she didn't recall the
paper shown her by the FBl
agents, she said, she would
have approved it.
Mrs. Charles Pardoe, who
lives in an English Cottage style
home at 1920 Cathedral ave-
nue.. said she was shown the
) same paper and asked if she
had signed it.
The agents asked me if
: would feel bound by the cove
nant," she said. II told them
would feel bound by my neigh
| bors. I don't believe in stirring
| these things up"
She reported that the agents
kept coming back to the ques-
} ton of whether she would fee,
bound to uphold the covenant
! today.
She Calls 1t Foolish
This is so foolish" she said
Our deed was recorded in 1928
What happened 35 years age
is different today. They askec
me if any foreigners lived ir
the neighborhood. I told then
there were lots of diplomats.
A spokesman for the Miller
, firm said half a dozen resi-.
dents had told the company
: they had been interviewed BY
! FBI agents, who asked whether
| they had signed a racial cove.
: nant on houses they now owr
: or once owned in the first sec.
, ton of Wesley Heights. The
development was started il
J 1924 and substantially com.
pleted in 1882 or 1888.
The houses were built by 6
partnership of two brothers
w. c. and A. N. Miller. The
j, company spokesman said the
! present corporation dates from
1889 or 1910 and is owned BY
the sons of the original part.
t ners, whose knowledge oi
! events in the earlier perioc
t stems largely from hearsay.
} The company spokesman sale
). that apparently q group o