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JUN 5 1916]

June 30th., 1916.

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Hon. J. P. Tumulty,
Secretary to the President,
White House, Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir:

Your favor of June 21st. to hand in answer to my
letter to the President, for which I thank you. I am deeply
in earnest in this matter, and I think the tine is very op-
portune to begin our campaign among the colored people of
New York and elsewhere, as soon as possible as I know a great
number of colored voters in New York who are not at all sat-
isfied with the Republican nominee, and I think they are in a
receptive mood,and if the proper effort is made we can make
great inroad into the Republican vote in New York, and I have
friends in all sections of the country who are not at all sat-
isfied with the result of the Republican Convention. Of course,
I do not wish to convey the idea, that we can get one-half of the
colored vote, but there is no doubt that we can get a great many
if some honest effort is made with convincing argument to show
them, that we desire their vote. I would like to have an in-
terview with your campaign manager here, or anyone you may design-
ate who may be inclined to discuss this matter freely and fairly
with me, as I have the situation well in hand from our point of
view, and would like to do something to aid in the success of our
next President.

Trusting that I may hear from you in this matter, if
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