Thomas Dixon Jr. to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Thomas Dixon Jr. to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946
Identifier
WWP17898
Date
1913 July 27
Source
Wilson Papers, Library of Congress, Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia
Subject
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
Racism
Text
Dear Mr President:—
Thomas Dixon
I have no axe to grind. I am only a citizen & your friend. [This note is written vertically from bottom to top in the left margin of the second page.]
I am heartsick over the announcement that you have appointed a Negro to boss white girls as Register of the Treasury. Please let me as one of your best friends utter my passionate protest. Unless you can withdraw his name the South can never forgive this. We have travelled many leagues from the Negro Equality ideas in vogue when Cleveland, a Democratic President did this thing. The establishment of Negro men over white women employees of the Treasury Dept. has in the minds of many thoughtful men & women long been a serious offense against the cleanness of our social life. I have confidently hoped that you would purge Washington of this iniquity.
I sincerely hope you can withdraw the appointment.
Thomas Dixon
I have no axe to grind. I am only a citizen & your friend. [This note is written vertically from bottom to top in the left margin of the second page.]
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Collection
Citation
Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946, “Thomas Dixon Jr. to Woodrow Wilson,” 1913 July 27, WWP17898, First Year Wilson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.