That anti-Semitism is rife on the part of realty operators at Morris Harbor, near Cliffwood Beach in New Jersey, is the complaint made to the local “Jewish Chronicle” by Mrs. Jennie Clevens, of Irvington, a local suburb.
According to Mrs. Clevens, she went to Morris Harbor to obtain an available home-site wherein to reside during the weeks she suffered from hay fever. When she made inquiry from a realty agent who was unknown to her, he hesitatingly informed her “there are no vacancies.” When she inquired as to the reason for his hesitancy, she declares she was informed that “absolutely no Jews” were wanted there.
She declares that after making this definite statement, the agent half-heartedly added that if she “insisted,” “we will of course rent you a place.” Mrs. Clevens, distracted by the experience, immediately declined the offer and after several days made known the incident to the local weekly.
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