THE CAPITAL: Curtain Going Down

Actors' Equity Association has often grumbled its displeasure at the Jim Crow policies of Washington theaters. Last week, the powerful union did more than grumble. It persuaded the League of New York Theaters, representing 126 producers and theater operators, to support its stand. After Aug. i, 1948, promised the League, actors will not be required to appear in any Washington theaters which persisted in barring Negro patrons.

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