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Rev. Alfred R. Shands III, vicar of St. Augustine's Episcopal Chapel 279, 302 G. Franklin Edwards, professor, Howard University, and member, Washington Planning & Housing Association____

285, 299

Hon. William L. Slayton, Commissioner, Urban Renewal Administration.--.

305

Marjorie McKenzie Lawson, attorney.-

313, 339

Harry P. Bergmann, vice president, Riggs National Bank......---
Ernest A. Thomas, vice president and treasurer, Perpetual Building
Association....

332, 341

336, 346

Oliver Popenoe, president, National Capital Clearing House for Neighborhood Democracy

350, 417

Marvin H. Caplan, president, Neighbors, Inc.

380, 415

Charles A. Horsky, attorney and president, Washington Planning &
Housing Association..

419, 435

Rt. Rev. Msgr. George L. Gingras, pastor, Parish of Saints Paul and
Augustine___

424, 442

Isaac Franck, executive director, Jewish Community Council of
Greater Washington... - - - -

431, 436

Robert E. McLaughlin, attorney, and former president, District of
Columbia Board of Commissioners__

426, 435

Kathryn H. Stone, member, Virginia House of Delegates---

420, 437

Dr. R. Frank Jones, vice chairman, D.C. Commissioners' Council on
Human Relations_.__.

422, 441

Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., attorney, and past president, Americans for
Democratic Action_...

425, 434

Additional statements submitted:

Leonard S. Brown, chairman, Alexandria Nonviolent Action Group,
and member, Alexandria City Democratic Committee____
The Commission on Law and Social Action of the National Capital
Chapter of the American Jewish Congress - - -

450

454

Arlington Council on Human Relations, Arlington, Va..

456

Mrs. Ann Brown---

461

Catholic Interracial Council of Washington, D.C..........

463

John P. Murchison, The District of Columbia Chamber of Commerce,
Inc____

463

A. Melvin Miller, president, Durant Civic Association, Alexandria,
Va...

465

Mrs. Richard C. Simonson, president, League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia...

466

John C. Holzberg, president, Mortgage Bankers Association of Metropolitan Washington..

467

The National Capital Area Civil Liberties Union..........

468

Carl L. Shipley, chairman, Republican State Committee for the
District of Columbia...

471

David H. Scull....

472

John W. Edelman, Washington representative, Textile Workers
Union of America___.

473

Isaac Franck, Executive Director, Jewish Community Council of

Greater Washington--

475

LIST OF EXHIBITS

Statement of President John F. Kennedy.

1. Chart No. 1.-Changing Distribution of Metropolitan Washington's Population...

2. Chart No. 2.—Changing Distribution of Metropolitan Washington's Negro Population..

3. Map A.-Percentage of Nonwhites by Census Tracts, Washington Metropolitan Area, 1960---

4. Chart No. 3.-Changing Percentage of Negroes, District of Columbia, Suburbs and Entire Metropolitan Area, 1900 to 1960.

5. Map B.-Percentage of Nonwhites by Census Tracts, District of Columbia, 1940--

6. Map C.-Percentage of Nonwhites by Census Tracts, District of Columbia, 1950_.

7. Map D.-Percentage of Nonwhites by Census Tracts, District of Columbia, 1960_--

8. Map E.-Housing Developments in the Washington Metropolitan
Area on Which There Are Racial Restrictive Covenants..

9. Map F.-Distribution of Real Estate Mortgage Loans.
10. Exhibit A-1.-Letter from Mr. Berl I. Bernhard to Mr. Leonard
Raffell, president, Montgomery County Board of Realtors, Inc.___
11. Exhibit A-2.-Letter from Mr. Leonard N. Raffell, president, Mont-
gomery County Board of Realtors, Inc., to Mr. Berl I. Bernhard.......
12. Exhibit A-3.-Code of Ethics, National Association of Real Estate
Boards.

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13. Exhibit B-1.-Letter from Mr. Robert H. Amidon to Col. Robert E. Brennan, Suburban Maryland Builders Association....

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14. Exhibit B-2.-Letter from Mr. Nathan Brisker, president, Suburban Maryland Builders Association..

15. Exhibit B-3.-Letter from Mr. Berl I. Bernhard to Mr. Nathan Brisker, president, Suburban Maryland Builders Association______ 16. Exhibit B-4.-Letter from Mr. Nathan Brisker, president, Suburban Maryland Builders Association..

17. Exhibit C-1.-Letter from Mr. Berl I. Bernhard to Mr. Carl A. Heider, president, Prince Georges County Board of Realtors.--

18. Exhibit C-2.-Letter from Mr. Carl A. Heider, president, Prince Georges County Board of Realtors...

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19. Exhibit D-1.-Letter from Mr. Berl I. Bernhard to Mr. Robert H.
Riner, president, Northern Virginia Board of Realtors, Inc.----
20. Exhibit D-2.-Letter from Mr. Robert H. Riner, president, Northern
Virginia Board of Realtors, Inc...

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21. Exhibit E-1.-Letter from Mr. Berl I. Bernhard to Mr. Allison N.
Miller, president, W. C. & A. N. Miller Development Co.---
22. Exhibit F.-Telegram from Mr. Lowell Lomax to Mr. Berl I. Bernhard_
23. Exhibit G.-Statement of Neal J. Hardy, Commissioner of the Federal
Housing Administration....

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242

24. Exhibit H-1.-Letter from Mr. Martin E. Sloane, Chief, Housing Section, Commission on Civil Rights to Mr. Ira Goldman, Levitt & Sons..

243

25. Exhibit H-2.-Letter from Mr. Ira Goldman to Mr. Martin E. Sloane 26. Exhibit I-1.-Article from The Washington Post of November 15, 1957. 27. Exhibit I-2.-Editorial from The Washington Post of November 21,

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1957.

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UNITED STATES

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

WASHINGTON, D.C.

April 12, 1962, Thursday Session

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