Robert P. Stewart to OM Skinner
Title
Robert P. Stewart to OM Skinner
Creator
Stewart, Robert Prescott, 1825-1894.
Identifier
TI00255A
Date
1919 August 2
Description
Informing Skinner that the subject of mob violence which he raised in a letter to the President falls within the jurisdiction of the states.
Source
National Archives and Records Administration 230/06/41 file #158260 box #1276 NARA ID #97
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Subject
African-Americans--segregation
Language
English
Text
Mr. O. M. Skinner,
620 Lenox Ave.,
New York, N. Y.
Dear Sir:
The Department is in receipt, by reference from the President, of your letter to him of the 25th ultimo relative to mob violence.
You are informed that this is a subject falling within the jurisdiction of the several states, and not one in which the Federal Government can take any action.
Respectfully,
For the Attorney General,
(Signed) Robert P. Stewart
Assistant Attorney General.
620 Lenox Ave.,
New York, N. Y.
Dear Sir:
The Department is in receipt, by reference from the President, of your letter to him of the 25th ultimo relative to mob violence.
You are informed that this is a subject falling within the jurisdiction of the several states, and not one in which the Federal Government can take any action.
Respectfully,
For the Attorney General,
(Signed) Robert P. Stewart
Assistant Attorney General.
Collection
Citation
Stewart, Robert Prescott, 1825-1894., “Robert P. Stewart to OM Skinner,” 1919 August 2, TI00255A, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.