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#425 Schiller Avenue.

Trenton, N. J. April 16, 1913.

[STAMP= W.F.J.
APR 17 1913
ACK'D]

Hon. Joseph P. Tumulty,
Executive Department.
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-

1 see by the Washington dispatches that the Presi-
dent’s policy in reference to the appointment of colored men
to office,--that the President will not appoint colored men
to any office where race antagonism will be aroused.

I am exceedingly pleased with this policy because
I believe it to be the right one to be pursued for the colored
people. In the first place, it removes from them a false
hope that their advancement lay in holding a certain class of
offices which would arouse race feeling, and in many instances,
among some of the Negroes’ best friends. Secondly, it leaves

the door of opportunity open to foster an honest and sympathetic
way to help and encourage the Negroes to work out their own prob-
lem. Along this line, the President's policy is a new era and
it will make many friends for the Negro all over the country,
and will enable him to adjust himself to a policy that will make
for his benefit.

I believe the more thoughtful Negroes throughout the
country agree with me in accepting the President's policy as
being the proper course to be pursued for the Negro. It seems
to me that what my race needs is an honest and fair policy

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