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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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UN delegates in New York reluctant to report housing discrimination to state commission, preferring own governments; chairman Elmer A. Carter urges direct action amid new law hearings; first settlement aids Bronx resident Richard W. Smith denied apartment due to race.
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NEW YORK - (NNPA) - United Nations delegates who suffer discrimination at the hands of New York landlords are reluctant to take the matter up with the State Commission Against Discrimination.
Elmer A. Carter, chairman, said Tuesday.
Mr. Carter explained that victims complain instead to their own governments, which generally refer the matter to the United States U.N. Mission. He said he would like to see anyone who is a victim of discrimination in New York.
He gave his views in a talk on the opening day of hearings to explain the Commission's new jurisdiction over discrimination in private housing, granted by an amendment to the Metcalf-Baker law.
Mr. Carter revealed that the first settlement of a complaint under this legislation had permitted Richard W. Smith, of the Bronx, to obtain an apartment in the Park Terrace Development at 25th St. and Broadway. Mr. Smith had been denied the apartment because he was a Negro.
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United Nations delegates facing discrimination from New York landlords are reluctant to complain to the State Commission Against Discrimination, preferring to contact their governments or the U.S. U.N. Mission. Elmer A. Carter, chairman, urges direct complaints during hearings on new jurisdiction over private housing discrimination under the Metcalf-Baker law amendment. The first settlement allowed Richard W. Smith, a Negro from the Bronx, to obtain an apartment at Park Terrace Development after being denied due to race.