Box 20, Folder 2, Document 52

Box 20, Folder 2, Document 52

Mr. Honry Raziitt o/o NAWSWERK, Madison Avoes How York
Sins

% read your article "The Riek Takers" in today's issue
Of NENSWIRIK and heartily comond yous Poratt mo to state my
particular case.

I purchased a small established beauty perlor (catering to an

allewite clientele) five years ago. I omply three operators.
Just the other day, « colored women entered by shop and
desired sone work performed on her head, I informed said
Wonen that neither I nor my girls were expertensad on ‘kinky?
hair. She became indignant and threatened me with picketing
and reporting me to the entiediscrimination division of our

__|\etates Now, the isony of all this, te thet there are Two
inice colored beauty shops within a rediue of 5 blocks of ay

place. When I told her of this, her reply was: “Don't you
dare tell me where to go".
Is this the sort of thing the Kennedys want? Will they gube





mo if I go bankrupt? Will they mke my mortgage pay~
om my building and also the monthly payments on the
mortgage covering the fixtures that I purchased? who
omply my 3 operators vhen I am compelled te lay them off?
*% the Kennedy politicians and planners the parsons you
o to that should recognise the need of maintalsing «
of “wusiness confidence?*

A Diagueted Small Businesemany,