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March 11, 1951
Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
What is this article about?
In New York, Metropolitan Life Insurance seeks to evict 31 tenants from Stuyvesant Town for supporting Negro admission, despite using public funds and tax exemptions. The case, involving tenants like D. and Anna S. Berg and Dr. Lee Lorch, is in municipal court.
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Insurance Firm Seeks To Oust Tenant Who Worked For Negroes
NEW YORK-(ANP)-The Metropolitan Life Insurance company last week took its suit to court to oust 31 tenants from its projects. Those tenants claim they are being put out because they worked for the admittance of Negroes to the Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village projects of the insurance firm.
Metropolitan told the court it had the right to refuse to renew leases to its tenants. Their leases expired last Sept. 30. Originally 33 tenants were involved, but two have moved out. All tenants were members of the Town and Village Committee to End Discrimination in Stuyvesant Town.
D. and Anna S. Berg is being tried. Attorneys for both sides have agreed that this case will determine the actions of all tenants involved. In the first day of the case, the fact that Dr. Lee Lorch did allow a Negro family, that of Hardine Hendrix, to live in his home as guest.
Metropolitan did not allow Negroes to live in its project, Stuyvesant Town, although it purchased the land with the aid of public funds and has a $50,000,000 tax exemption for 25 years. This exemption is partial. The case is being tried in the Fourth District of the Municipal court before Justice George L. Ge-
NEW YORK-(ANP)-The Metropolitan Life Insurance company last week took its suit to court to oust 31 tenants from its projects. Those tenants claim they are being put out because they worked for the admittance of Negroes to the Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village projects of the insurance firm.
Metropolitan told the court it had the right to refuse to renew leases to its tenants. Their leases expired last Sept. 30. Originally 33 tenants were involved, but two have moved out. All tenants were members of the Town and Village Committee to End Discrimination in Stuyvesant Town.
D. and Anna S. Berg is being tried. Attorneys for both sides have agreed that this case will determine the actions of all tenants involved. In the first day of the case, the fact that Dr. Lee Lorch did allow a Negro family, that of Hardine Hendrix, to live in his home as guest.
Metropolitan did not allow Negroes to live in its project, Stuyvesant Town, although it purchased the land with the aid of public funds and has a $50,000,000 tax exemption for 25 years. This exemption is partial. The case is being tried in the Fourth District of the Municipal court before Justice George L. Ge-
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Justice
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Housing Discrimination
Eviction Suit
Stuyvesant Town
Civil Rights
Tax Exemption
What entities or persons were involved?
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
D. And Anna S. Berg
Dr. Lee Lorch
Hardine Hendrix
Justice George L. Ge
Where did it happen?
New York, Stuyvesant Town, Peter Cooper Village
Story Details
Key Persons
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
D. And Anna S. Berg
Dr. Lee Lorch
Hardine Hendrix
Justice George L. Ge
Location
New York, Stuyvesant Town, Peter Cooper Village
Event Date
Leases Expired Last Sept. 30
Story Details
Metropolitan Life Insurance sues to evict 31 tenants for advocating Negro admission to its projects. Case of D. and Anna S. Berg tests right to non-renew leases. Dr. Lorch hosted Negro family. Projects built with public funds and tax exemption but exclude Negroes.