One of the State Department's most persistent domestic headaches is the housing of African envoys in Washingtona city that is Southern by temperament as well as by geography. Last week the problem was very nearly solved, as six Washington real estate men, prodded by President Kennedy, offered to drop color bars in their luxury-apartment buildings. The six: Builders Morris Cafritz, Frank Luchs, Norman and Leo Bernstein, Mark Winkler and Louis Richman. African diplomats, said Norman Bernstein, would be wel come at three of his "restricted"' apartment complexes: Kew Gardens in Georgetown, Cathedral Mansions on Connecticut Avenue, and Connecticut Gardens in northwest...
Nation: Southern Hospitality
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