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[stamp: THE WHITE HOUSE
NOV 17 1914
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Hon. Woodrow Wilson.
White House.
Washington D. C.

Honorable and dear sir: It was with considerable
interest and satisfaction that I read, recently, of an audience that you
gave to a delegation of negroes.

The apt rebuke you administered and
the splendid and tactful manner in which you handled the
situation commanded my sincere admiration.

This frank confession upon my part really
means more than you realize; as from the first, or among the
first, of your official acts, I have been firmly opposed to your
policies.

I had thought that you were weak and
vacillating (in Mexican affairs) and still believe that that
affair could have been handled differently (and would have
been handled differently had you had other advisors in the State
Department) but this recent event brings out, as nothing else in
your administiation has done, that you are a real president of
the United States and a real man.

I wish to extend to you, Mr. President, my
heartfelt congratulations for what you have done in this particular
matter and sincerely wish that more of your splendid personality
would prevail in other matters now pending.

With assurances of my highest esteem,
I remain

Yours respectfully
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