Carl Byoir to Emmett J. Scott
Title
Carl Byoir to Emmett J. Scott
Creator
Byoir, Carl Robert, 1886-1957
Identifier
PO81418
Date
1918 August 14
Description
Asking Scott to advise the publishers of African American newspapers regarding the labor advertising campaign.
Source
National Archives and Records Administration 130/68/3/00 box #3 entry #5 "Negroes" folder
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Subject
African-Americans--segregation
Language
English
Text
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. SCOTT:
Will you advise the publishers of colored newspapers in regard to the Labor advertising campaign that this advertising is not paid for by the government but that every local newspaper sells the space to manufacturers in their community who are faced with this labor problem.
It seems to me that it ought to be possible for these people to sell this advertising to local manufacturers employing any great percentage of negro labor.
Mr. Carl Walberg of the Department of Labor who has been handling this whole plan assured me that he will call upon you and go over the matter in detail upon his return from New York next Monday.
Carl Byoir.
Associate Chairman.
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. SCOTT:
Will you advise the publishers of colored newspapers in regard to the Labor advertising campaign that this advertising is not paid for by the government but that every local newspaper sells the space to manufacturers in their community who are faced with this labor problem.
It seems to me that it ought to be possible for these people to sell this advertising to local manufacturers employing any great percentage of negro labor.
Mr. Carl Walberg of the Department of Labor who has been handling this whole plan assured me that he will call upon you and go over the matter in detail upon his return from New York next Monday.
Carl Byoir.
Associate Chairman.
Original Format
Letter
Files
Collection
Citation
Byoir, Carl Robert, 1886-1957, “Carl Byoir to Emmett J. Scott,” 1918 August 14, PO81418, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.