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ACK'D
MAY 9 1913
W.F.J.

May 6, 1913,

Hon. Joseph F. Tumulty
Secretary to the President
White House, Washington, D. C.

My dear Tumulty:-

Regarding the matter of the appoint-
ment of certain colored men to Public Office, and
which you and I discussed when I was in Washington
last, and which I was to write you more fully about
for the information of the President, would say.

There are several factions of negroes
in the county; most needed by earnest and sincere
men, others by schemers and office seekers.

The one man I have come in contact with
during the last two National Campaigns, and who I
found to be absolutely single minded and sincere
in his purposes, is Bishop Alexander Walters. He
has been the main stay of the National Colored
Democratic League, having prominent colored men in
various parts of the country affiliated therewith.

During the Bryan Campaign, and the
last campaign, Bishop Walters and his League took

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