Charging that the management of Langdon, a privately-operated women’s dormitory on the campus of the University of Wisconsin had adopted a hard and fast rule of denying Jewish women of the University the right to live at Langdon Hall, Mildred L. Gordon, 20, of Chicago, and a junior at the University, has filed a suit for $10,000 in the Federal Court at Milwaukee on the ground of discrimination.
In the suit to collect $10,000 from the officers of Langdon Hall, which is operated by the Mendota Building Company, a summons has been filed here on R. D. Malone, the secretary.
Miss Gordon’s complaint says that her reservation for quarters in Langdon Hall was accepted August 21, together with her application fee, but when she arrived with her baggage at the University, she was refused admittance to Langdon Hall. The operating company informed her, she said, on September 19 that she could not be accommodated because the dormitory was filled, even though her application had been approved. Miss Gordon claims that she received no notice barring her.
She further points out that in the application blank she was asked her religious affiliations, which she said were Jewish. According to Miss Gordon’s attorney, several other Jewish women were denied admittance to Langdon Hall. Literature sent out by the management of Langdon Hall indicates no regulations discriminating against any race or religion, Miss Gordon says.
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