A call for action by the State of New Jersey to end discrimination by real estate developers and brokers in New Jersey who have banded together to deny housing to Americans of Jewish, Irish and Italian extraction was voiced here by Nelson F. Stamler, chairman of the New Jersey regional board of the Anti-Defamation League.
Mr. Stamler charged that certain realty agents have established codes which prevent the sale of houses to members of minority groups. Builders too have been warned against selling homes they built, to Jews and Catholics of Italian or Irish extraction.
“Probably the only thing that can put an immediate stop to this practice of discrimination by real estate agents and brokers licensed by the State of New Jersey, would be State action forbidding any licensed real estate agents or brokers from participating in negotiations which involve discrimination on grounds of race, creed or national origin in the sale of rental of real estate,” Mr. Stamler said.
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