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[stamp: THE WHITE HOUSE
AUG 28 1913
RECEIVED]

August 26, 1913.,

152a

[stamp: ACK'D AUG 28 1913 J.A.K.]

His Excellancy,
Woodrow Wilson.
Pres. of the U. S.

Dear Mr. President:-

My attention has been called to an alleged policy of your
administration, to seggregate colored employees in the departments
at Washington. This is a departure from the long established rules
of the Governnent itself. It if is true, I beleive it is a failure
to appreciate the deeper significance of this alleged policy, to
seggregate the colored men and women from other men and women of the
different races, and, would only be a cast by the Federal Govern-
ment, which would carry untold humiliation to these colored employ-
ees. I do not beleive that, your magnificant words to the Right
Reverend Bishop Walters, of New York, were merely a sham, conveying
so many words without meaning; I do not beleive that you as the Pres-
ident of the United States, can afford it at this tine, to allow the
departments in Wahsington to make mockery of those sacred words,
whose influence appeal to more than six hundred thousand of the col-
ored voters of the United States, who, from the very fact that they
beleive that you intended to do justice to all men alike and espec-
ially to these colored men, who cast their votes for your success.
A departure from this would be almost treason in my mind from the
Chief Executive, to a part of the people of the United States, whom
goes on to make up the colored population, consisting of more than
ten million human beings, American Citizens.

I understand that the colored people in the departments have
been screened off and divided, so as to present to the general public
visiting these departments an impression, conveying that they are in-
ferior to other employees working for the Government.

While we have no representatives in Washington, and, the very
men who are doing this separating largely, are the influential parties
in the Governmental affairs under your administration, from the very
fact that through mis-representation, oligarchy in itself, are holding
these responsible places, from the fact that they have so discriminated
and disfranchised a great number of the colored voters from the terri-
tory from whence they came.

The high and exaulted office of President of the United States,
desired by many and obtained by few, cannot stoop to such discrimin-
ation in the Capitol of this great nation. To do this, the Christian
spirit of Brotherhood must be cast aside, and, therein enters the
demon like spirit which is hideous, defaming and untrue to the prin-
cipals of Governnent and reflects only on the people whom beleives
largly in fair play and fair dealing to all mankind.

I hope that you, as President of this nation will speak out in
untold words, conveying a meaning and inpression to the general pop-
alace, that you as President of this great nation will not be overcome
by such representations, as will induce you to adhear to such discrim-
ination.

Beleiving and Trusting that fair play will be given through you
to those people Whom are unable to protect thenselves, and, that you

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