Correspondence between David K. Niles, Samuel Unger, and President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Note
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F-61452
May 26, 1948.
(91-B)
Dear Mr. Unger:
I have your recent letter, addressed to the President. The
episode which was dramatized by they New York children who stayed away 458
from Washington is, unfortunately, repeated several times each year.
Let me assure you that the President feels just as you do
about this kind of discrimination. It is particularly regrettable
where school children are concerned. In spite of his strong personal
feelings, however, he could not accept your suggestion without seeming
to pick and choose among the many worthwhile groups which are
continuously coming to Washington.
In his Message to Congress of February 2nd, the President
called attention to the importance of the District as a symbol of
American freedom and democracy He called upon Congress to provide home
rule for the District and said that, failing local corrective action
in the near future under home rule, the Congress should enact a model
civil rights law for the Nation's capitol.
Thank you for writing and for your interest in this important
matter.
Cordially,
Segrengtion
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DAVID K. NILES
Administrative Assistant
to the President
Mr. Samuel/Unger,
Hotel Embassy,
Broadway at 70th Street,
New York, New York.
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