John Lord O'Brian to Lee S. Overman
Title
John Lord O'Brian to Lee S. Overman
Creator
O'Brian, John Lord, 1874-1973
Identifier
TI00148
Date
1918 August 7
Description
Requesting publication of the President's recent speech on mob violence so it might be distributed throughout the country.
Source
National Archives and Records Administration 230/06/41 file #158260 box #1276 NARA ID #72
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Subject
African-Americans--segregation
Language
English
Text
Honorable L. S. Overman,
United States Senate.
My Dear Senator:
The recent address of the President, urging observance of the law in the interest of sanity and patriotism, is regarded by this Department as a most important public utterance, and it is the view of this Department that copies of this particular address should be circulated as widely as possible particularly through the channels of the Department of Justice.
In the absence of the Attorney General from the city, and knowing that such action will meet with his approval, I write to ask whether it would not be possible for you to secure the publication of this address as a Congressional document, in sufficient volume so that a large number of these pamphlets might then be obtained by the Department of Justice for distribution throughout the country?
Respectfully,
For the Attorney General,
(Signed) John Lord O'Brian
The Special Assistant to the Attorney General
for War Work.
United States Senate.
My Dear Senator:
The recent address of the President, urging observance of the law in the interest of sanity and patriotism, is regarded by this Department as a most important public utterance, and it is the view of this Department that copies of this particular address should be circulated as widely as possible particularly through the channels of the Department of Justice.
In the absence of the Attorney General from the city, and knowing that such action will meet with his approval, I write to ask whether it would not be possible for you to secure the publication of this address as a Congressional document, in sufficient volume so that a large number of these pamphlets might then be obtained by the Department of Justice for distribution throughout the country?
Respectfully,
For the Attorney General,
(Signed) John Lord O'Brian
The Special Assistant to the Attorney General
for War Work.
Original Format
Letter
Files
Collection
Citation
O'Brian, John Lord, 1874-1973, “John Lord O'Brian to Lee S. Overman,” 1918 August 7, TI00148, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.