"The Providence Young Men's Chris
tian Association for more than 60
years has served the young men andthat
boys of our city in abroad and liberal
spirit, making no distinction in re
ceiving applications for membership
because of race or sect. We believe
that the only test of eligibility must
continue to be as it always has been,
character and moral worth, and that
by such standards of selection the
New York.To the Editor of THE
APPEAL. Sir: The interview of Wil
liam Munroe Trotter and the delega
tion of colored gentlemen with the
President of the United States brings
forward again the burning question of
the treatment of colored civil servants
in Washington. The whole incident
shows grimly and forcefully how deep
ly the colored people of this country
feel the injustice which Mr. Wilson's
government has inflicted upon them
and still inflicts.
The National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People has been
segregation in federal depart
ments ever since the first rumor of it
was made public. Over a year ago an,
investigator was sent to Washington
and a report printed. Since that time
representative of the national as
sociation has kept in close touch with
the local situation, and on one ocIn
casion this representative appeared be
fore the civil service committee and
helped kill the bill of Edwards of
Georgia and Aswell of Louisiana mak
ing segregation legal throughout the
federal civil service. Much of the
segregation has disappeared.
