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No Negroes Report Hotel Trouble For Alumni Meeting in Atlanta

No Negro alumni have reported objections to accommodations in Atlanta., Ga., the annual meeting of the Associated Harvard Club next Friday, according to the University Alumni Office.

Because of a Georgia state law, visiting Negroes can stay only at private homes at hotels reserved for Negro clientels. There is no way of knowing whether Negro alumni have been reluctant to attend the meeting because of racial in the Southern city, according to Howard F. Gillette, Jr. '35, General Secretary of the Alumni.

Gillette reported that his office has received no complaints about accommodations. He said that Negroes will be free to use the meeting facilities at the Atlanta where the alumni will hold their sessions.

At the annual meetings the host club seeks to take care of visitors' accommodations but the individual alumni themselves are responsible for finding and financing .

Gillette said that he "did not expect much of a problem" on the matter of accommodations for Negro alumni attending the meeting. He noted that the Associated Harvard Clubs in the last 15 years have met at Miama and Birmingham, , and have faced the segregation situation before.

The meeting, which starts Friday and extends through Sunday, has been set from the usual May date to take advantage of "Atlanta's spring weather best." Saturday night President Pusey will deliver the traditional President's to the gathering.

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