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HOUSING
HOUSING
Envoy Housing Plan
CoIIopses in Dispute
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high ranking government jobs.
The non-diplomatic names, he
says, are mot too many" and
he cannot "ethically refuse"
help to State or Federal hous-.
ing officials asking aid. He adds
that the department believes
American foreign policy Is af-
fected adversely by what hap
pens to American Negroes as
well as to African diplomats.
For more than year,
since the Civil Rights Commits
sion held housing hearings here
IN April, 1862, the real estate
mems diplomatic housing COM
nittee and the State Depart
ment have been at loggerheads.
Mr.. Sanjuan claims the COM
mittee has housed no more
han nine African diplomatic
families since it began. Frank
]. Luchs of Shannon & Luchs,
chairman of the committee.
says he has kept no record Of
how many diplomats have been
housed.
The Diplomatic Housing
Committee was established after
a series of meetings with State
Department and White House
officials who pleaded for help
70 ease the impact Of a dam
aged American image abroad
over African diplomats.
Members of the committee
included Mr.. Luchs: Leo Bern
stein, Realty Title Insurance
Co.; Norman Bernstein, Nor
man Bernstein Syndicate; Nor
Fis Cafritz; Justin flinders and
George w. De Franceaux, both
representing the Washington
Real Estate DO ard; Mark
Winkler, Mark Winkler Man
agement. Inc; Tighe E. Woods,
Tighe e. Woods. Realtors,
and Louis Richman, Richman
Brothers.
Officials on the committee
included Federal Housing Ad-
ministrator Robert c. Weaver:
Protocol Chief Angier-Biddle
Duke: Mr. SanJuan, with whom
the committee was to work.
and District Commissioner
Walter N. Tobriner.
Actually we had our first big
meeting Con the African diplo-
mat question: in the State De-
partment in November, $780,"
Mr.. Luchs said.
''Mr. wiley Buchanan pro-
tocol chief under President
Eisenhower stated in a friend
ly manner that there was a
crisis in the diplomatic mat
ter" Mr.. Luchs added.
Then" he said "the Ken
nedy administration came in
and pushed the matter"
Mr.. Luchs added: II sc-
cepted responsibility based on
aiding African diplomats"
Crisis In April, 1862
Mr.. Sanjuan said the crisis
came in April. 1862.
In each instance I noticed
that the names Of the Ameri-
can Negroes on the list were
deleted by the chairman Of the
committee before they were
circulated to the so or so real
estate men in the area who had
agreed to look at the lists.
"At a meeting Of the So
called committee ! protested
against such deletions. saying
that I expected equal treat
ment for Americans"
"We talked on this point for
months" Mr.. Sanjuan said.
and after a final meeting last
November, there seemed TO be
no point in going on"
The disagreement Is reflected
in correspondence between Mr..
Sanjuan and Mr.. Luchs.
In a letter 10 Mr.. Sanjuan
dated December ~, 1862, Mr..
Luchs wrote:
I have checked to
determine II you had trans
mitted any names OF diplomats
since April. They (the
Washington Real Estate Board
confirmed that you have not
sought the assistance OF the
Real Estate Board office, for
some reason. since April. !"
Mr.. Luchs continued: Under
the circumstance. think IL
might be we'll II we we're TO
hear from the office OF Proto-
col on the status Of the COM
mittee and whether or not the
Real Estate Board should antic-
ipate any requests for assist
ance from your office on hous-
ing OF diplomats"
sanJuan Replies
on January i6. 1868. Mr.
saniuan sent back this reply:
e. As 10 our work with the
Diplomatic Housing Commit
tee. can only reiterate our
position as expressed 10 you
early in 1862: To wit. that. II
the committee continued TO de-
lete from the lists which we
submitted 10 II the names Of
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