De Priest Sequelae
Congressman Oscar De Priest of Illinois continued last week to be the most conspicuous Negro in the U. S. The race issue raised by Mrs. De Priest's acceptance of a perfunctory invitation to tea at the White House (TIME, June 24) where, according to her husband she made "some fine contacts," was politically prodded from all sides, kept alive.
Under the De Priest auspices, a musicale was given at Washington Auditorium to which were invited all Republican members of Congress. Congress adjourned, emptied Washington, gave white...
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