The suicide of a hotel owner and the apology of his widow brought an end to a court action against the Mont Tremblant Lodge in the Laurentian Mountains which was accused of anti-Semitic practices. Both parties agreed to an out of court settlement.
The court proceedings began in 1948 when two Jewish guests at the hotel-both residents of New York-were ordered by the proprietor to leave. He asserted that he would not cater to Jewish guests. The owner, J. Ryan, was a known anti-Semite and the Canadian Jewish Congress undertook to support the case against the wealthy hotel proprietor.
In the interim Ryan committed suicide and his widow, who is now in charge of the hotel, issued a statement that she has never practiced anti-Jewish discrimination and the hotel will accept all guests. The charges were, therefore, dropped.
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