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THE ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR (543)
OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
42 WEST 44TH STREET

[JULY 27 1918]

July 26, 1918.

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

My dear Mr. Tumulty:-

In view of the President's proclama-
tion of to-day on the subject of lynching,
I respectfully venture to enclose monograph "Why the
United States leads the world in the relative
proportion of murders, lynchings and other
felonies etc." It was read before the
New York Society of Medical jurisprudence on
December 11, 1916. It was printed in American
Law Review for March and April 1917, also in
Australian Law Times for Febrary 10 and 24,
1917; also in Docket for November 1917.

Months ago a copy was sent (1) to
every judge of each of our 51 courts of last
resort (2) to the librarian of each of said
51 courts (3) to American Bar Association
(4) to the 48 State Bar Associations (5) to
the largest local Bar Associations (6) to
many law reformers and leaders of the bar (7)
to all Law Journals and Law Reviews (8)
to the press; daily, periodical and religious
(9) to the leading historians, penologists,
humanitarians and criminal statisticians (10)
to every Legislative Reference Library,
Research Library, State Library, Public Library
University, Law School, and College Library
(scores in all) that desired it.

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