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VOL. I. NO. 39

NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1914

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WOOD TELLS WILSON
HIS RACE IS ANGRY
AT ADMINISTRATION

Democratic State Leader, in Ringing letter to Presi-
dent, Declares New York Will Remaln
Loyal to Tammany Organization

HIS ORGANIZATION STILL HAS FAITH

News Washington Correspondent
Learns That President is Giving
Consideration to Recent Appeal of
Stalwart New York Leader for
Recognition.

Washington, D. C., June 10.—Your
correspondent has just come into pos-
session of some recent correspondence
of Chief Robert N. Wood of New York
with the President, and learns that
the President has answered and is giv-
ing the situation described his serious
consideration. The letter to the Presi-
dent follows:

Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President, Ex-
cutive Mansion, Washington, D. C

Dear Sir: There prevails among
colored men of this State a feeling of
bitter disappointment and resentment
against the National and Democratic par-
ty. The old hatred and distrust which
colored men formerly felt towards the
Democratic party, but which had been
largely destroyed here by the efforts
of our organizattion, and by the friend-
ly policy of the local Democracy, has
revived during your Administration.
We, who, with such high hopes for
the welfare of our race, urged colored
voters to support national Democratic
candidates in 1912, are daily subjected
to ridicule and reproach by our peo-
ple. The strength and morale of our
organization has been gravely im-
paired.

Segregation and Officeholders' Re-
moval.

This condition is due to the follow-
ing facts: Segregation and discrimi-
nation among Federal civil service em-
ployees at Washington, the removal of
the majority of prominent colored Fed-
eral officeholders, and the failure to
replace them with colored Democrats
and the recrudescense of Negro-baiting
in Congress. Locally this condition
has been much aggravated by the re-
cent action of Mr. Dudley Field Ma-
lone, generally recognised as the
spokesman of your Administration