page_title: April 1913
section_title: April 11, 1913 (Friday)
hierarchical_section_title: April 1913 / April 11, 1913 (Friday)
caption_attribution_description: Albert S. Burleson
context_page_description: The following events occurred in April 1913:
context_section_description: Albert S. Burleson, the new U.S. Postmaster General, proposed the segregation of white and black federal employees in the postal service, at a cabinet meeting with President Woodrow Wilson. Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels wrote in his diary that Burleson advocated separation of the races in the railway mail service, "and he was anxious to segregate White and Negro employees in all Departments of the Government". Wilson made no objection to Burleson's suggestion, implying that segregation within a federal office was left to the choice of each cabinet member. By the end of the year, separate bathrooms and lunchrooms were set aside for black and white workers at the Post Office Department. U.S. Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo implemented racial segregation at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and Daniels had done the same at the office of the Auditor of the Navy, and layoffs of Negro federal employees took place in the South during 1914.
  Nathaniel Griffith Lerotholi was named as the new Paramount Chief of Basutoland (now the Kingdom of Lesotho) with the agreement of other tribal chiefs and the British Resident Commissioner. Chief Griffith would reign until his death on June 23, 1939.
  The local Ladies Improvement Association established a public library in Delray Beach, Florida.
  The cricket pavilion at the Nevill Ground was destroyed in an arson attack that was attributed to militant suffragettes as part of a country-wide campaign co-ordinated by the Women's Social and Political Union.
  The sports club Francesa was established in Del Viso, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is known for its rugby and field hockey programs.
  Born: Oleg Cassini, French-American fashion designer, as Oleg Cassini Loiewski, best known for designing wear for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, in Paris (d. 2006)
caption: Postmaster General Albert S. Burleson
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