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.

Files

T100255c.pdf

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.