[Letter from J. S. Longdon to SGA President Anne Prince]

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PHONES:  DAY  2-1138 NIGHT 3-4317
POST OFFICE BOX 2490
GREENSBORO. NORTH CAROLINA
Way
17,   1963
Miss Ann Prince, 'res..
STUDENT GOVERNMENT BODY
Women ' s Col 1 e.ge
Gr eensboro « N, C.
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Your action in endorsing picketing of the Tate Street Merchants
who do not choose to integrate is doubtless motivated by
sincere thoughts on your part but,   beg you to consider the
menu rcy
and financial distress this may cause.
!f you be:
position <
schooli n g
ieve in
f these
the Golden-Rule then, place
yourse
If
1 n
the
T
ax iayers
wno
are helping to pay for your
lose
Merchants comply with your demands
patronage of many customers who d
they are bound to
o not wish to be inte
grated, yet, if they wish to retain these customers, you have
'announced that you endorse picketing their places of business
and boycotting them, according to this mornings newspaper report,
The: individual businessman today is beset with ever higher Taxes
suooort the Public Schools and the State supported Colleges
flood of oaperwork
to
PI
Security reports, inventory
tin emp
tting quarterly, etc., etc., etc.
ima and "worry" that your action has
o t h e r
ecu i t;
in filling out quarterly Social
Faxes, Unemployment Benefit forms,
collecting Social Security and Unemployment Assessments and
So, this additional di-
now
-y-c'ayu business problems seems most unfair and in-
ie.
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addi
to all the
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un t
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the
1 such a time as you Students reach maturity and are earning
own living and paying your own way, it appears .to me that
arte your Organization have no right to force your Will upon
local businessmen.
if you wish to have personal relations with the colored people,
this is your privilege but ! beg you to think about the injustices you
are coin  to the Tate Street businessmen by this
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