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...reason was George Weaver, a Negro who is director of the C.I.O.'s Committee to Abolish Discrimination. A couple of months ago, Weaver went to a party at the Carlton with the C.I.O.'s Secretary-Treasurer James B. Carey. When they left the party, the elevator operator refused to take Weaver down: he would have to use the back stairs...
Carey insisted. The operator summoned an assistant manager and the house dick. They were adamant. Weaver and Carey walked down the back stairs together. Said the Carlton's manager: "We do not permit [Negroes] in here. Our guests . . . do not want to meet them in the halls." Murray moved...
Skiddy Lund, cross-country and jumping entry, sprained his ankle in pre-race practice and was unable to compete. Jim Weaver entered all four events despite a sprained ankle. As a result of the injuries the Crimson fielded a curious mixture for a team...
...place in the slalom, with Houser 31st, Captain Bill Wasserman 35th, and John Hart, normally a cross-country and jump man, 49th. Harvard could field only a three-man team in the 50-meter jump. Hart jumped 110 and 105 feet to place 28th. Wasserman and Captain-elect Jim Weaver followed in 35th and 40th positions respectively...
Wasserman came in 15th in the cross-country, and Weaver, weakened by influenza, placed 33rd. Porter, normally a downhill-slalom skier was 35th, and Hart, bothered by an equipment mixup, was 40th...