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| His Excellency, Albert Ritchie, Governor of aaryland. The decant, pec** pursuing, las abiding American citiaenry is Justly encouraged by the lmaedlate and sweeping investigation ordered by you yesterday of the lynching of imtthew Williams, a resident of Salisbury, i-iaryland, which followed tha conference with William Lane, Attorney General of the stata of lauyland, em your hurried return from New York and before you departed from Baltimore for Chicago, Such fearless and direct official action by the state executivea of the nation for tha past few years has all but eradicated from the eseutheon of the United states the horrible blemish of mob violence and lynching* Or behalf of the 246,000 colored citizens of Chicage we add our genuine welcome to another of the nation's iitate executives whose oath to uphold the majesty of the law and to protect all citizens regardless of creed, color or previous condition has means more than empty lip service* ;*re power to the Governor of Uaryland who meets every challenge of leadership for the whole citizenry* (Signed) Edgar G. Brown, Director Ten Years Progress Flan and Program for the Colored Citizens of Chicago* |