July 14, 1952

Mrs. Bonnie Fermon Alston
$07 Conklin Place

Madison 5, vig.

Dear Mrs. Alston:

I am sorry to have to tell you that this position (for which you wrote)

“has been filled. I ealled the Student Employment Office a few days ago to

cancei the notice.

Ve do not practise discrimination in this laboratory. If you are implying
that you have been discriminated againet in respect to university positions,
I would be a little surprised. 1 know how difficult it is to get substantial.
evidence of discrimination, on the one hand, but on the other, it is pcseible
also to be mistaken of 1t. If you are convinced that you have had auch diffi-
culties on campus, I would urge you to consult the faculty Committee on Hunan
Rights. 1 don't know which of its mambers will be on campus this summer. They
are: Dre. V. ©. Meloche; €.5, Liddle; ¥, R. Agard; Lyle Miller, and 4oye
Anderson. You cen be sure that & lerge aajcrity of the University Feeulty
supports every effort to eliminate racial discrimination, most of all within
the University itsslf.

Youre sincerely,

Josoua Lederbarg
Associate Professor of Jeneties