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[stamp: THE WHITE HOUSE
NOV 19 1914
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Nov. 17th, 1914

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Honorable Woodrow Wilson,
President of the
United States,
Washington.

Dear Sir:-

Permit a Republican to commend the position you have
taken on the subject of negro segregation in public offices. If
this issue is clearly and definitely raised in future campaigns
you will not suffer any loss of votes by reason of your attitude.
Segregation is eminently desirable where the negroes constitute
any considerable proportion of the population. Dr. Charles W.
Eliot, when President of Harvard University, admitted that if half
of the students at Harvard were negroes, it might be necessary to
have separate classes for them (Stephenson, "Race Distinctions in
American Law," page 164).

If the people could have a referendum vote on segregation,
residential and other, there is no doubt that there would be an
overwhelming majority for it. As the United States Supreme Court
has held that laws requiring segregation on railroad trains are
constitutional, the question would seem to be one of policy and
therefore one on which the wishes of the majority should prevail.

Very respectfully yours,
J. P. Gram

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