WASHINGTON -- Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has resigned from the Daughters of the American Revolution in protest against the organization's refusal to permit Marian Anderson, noted Negro contralto, to present a concert at Constitution Hall, it was indicated tonight.
The First Lady would neither confirm nor deny the report, but referred listeners at her press conference to the D.A.R. Absence of national officers from headquarters here made it impossible to obtain immediate confirmation.
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