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Gladys Swarthout
Metropolitan Opera House
New York City

Mr. S Hurok
March 1 1939

It is unfortunate that in these times
when racial discrimination is particularly abhorrent to
all democratic nations that an organization which owes
its origin to the creators of our liberty should see fit
to close its doors in the face of an American artist who
is welcomed with acclaim in every concert hall in Europe.

No matter what necessity prompted the
D.A.R. [DAR] to formulate a rule barring negroes from Constitution
Hall surely the conditions in the world today must
obviously require a waiving of that rule in the case of
Marian Anderson, not only because she is one of the world's
great artists, but because she is a distinguished American
citizen.

Signed:
[signature of ] Gladys Swarthout

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