A resolution expressing “emphatic disapproval” of discriminatory guest policies by hotels and resorts that cater to the motoring public was made public here today by the Automobile Club of New York, third largest affiliate of the American Automobile Association. The resolution emphasized that the Club “deplores discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color or national origin, as undemocratic and un-American.”
The adoption of the resolution followed a series of meetings between club officials and representatives of the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith. The club acknowledged that many of its members “have been embarrassed by such discrimination.” ADL first raised the issue several years ago after receiving a large number of complaints that Jewish members were being denied accommodations in AAA-approved places. The League made its protest to the national agency. But AAA, while condemning discriminatory guest policies, rejected the League’s suggestion that AAA deny its emblem to places which engage in such practices.
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