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| I NATIONAL OFFICERS president j. e. spingarn vice-presidents Hon. Arthur Capper Bishop John a. Gregg Rev. John Haynes Holmes James Weldon Johnson Arthur B. Spingarn Oswald Garrison Villard acting treasurer Mary White Ovington NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE 69 Fifth Avenue. New York TELEPHONE: ALGONQUIN 4-6548 Official Organ: The Crisis January 4, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Walter White secretary Roy Wilkins assistant secretary Dr. W. E. B. Dubois EDITOR OF THE CRISIS Robert W. Bagnall director of branches William Pickens field secretary Daisy E. Lampkin REGIONAL FIELD SECRETARY Herbert J. Seligmann DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY 1932 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman Mary White Ovington New York Baltimore Carl Murphy Boston Joseph Prince Loud Charleston, W. Va, T. G. Nutter Chicago Jane Addams Clarence Darrow Cleveland Hon. Harry E. Davis Detroit Hon. Ira W. Jayne Hon. Frank Murphy Indianapolis F. B. Ransom Los Angeles Dr. H. Claude Hudson Dr. J. A. Somerville Memphis R. R. Church New Haven George W. Crawford New York Lillian A. Alexander Rev. Hutchens C. Bishop Dr. W. E. B. DuBois Rev. John Haynes Holme* James Weldon Johnson Florence Kelley Hon. Herbert H. Lehman Ella Rush Murray John E. Nail Arthur B. Spingarn J. E. Spingarn Charles H. Studln William English Walling Dr. Louis T. Wright Northampton, Mass. Dr. William Allan Neiison Philadelphia Isadore Martin Richmond Maggie L, Walker Springfield Eev. G. R. Waller Topeka Hon. Arthur Capper Washington Nannie H. Burroughs Hon. James A. Cobb Charles Edward Russell NATIONAL LEGAL COMMITTEE Chairman Arthur B. Spingarn Chicago Clarence Darrow Cambridge, Mass. Felix Frankfurter Charleston, W. Va. T. G. Nutter New York James Marshall Herbert K. Stockton Charles H. Studin Hon. Albert E. Ritchie Governor of Maryland State Capitol Annapolis, Maryland My dear Governor Ritchie: Relying upon your assurances in recent letters ana communications to the press that you are actively interested in punishing the lynching of Mathew Williams of Salisbury, Maryland, we are passing on to you for whatever it may be worth a suggestion from one of our correspondents in ?/ashington, B.C. He suggests that Williams, who was shot before he was lynched, might have been shot in order to shield the real murderer of the aged lumberman. Our correspondent points out that, a number of cases have been brought to light in the south within the last three years, where white people have committed the crime of murder, have attempted to blame Negro employees for the crime and have attempted to instigate lynchings in order to cover up all traces. One such case occurred in Florida two years ago. After the first hue and cry about Negroes died down police investigation disclosed that the man had killed his own wife but had blamed the Negro servant. The husband was subsequently sentenced to twenty years in prison. We do not know that any such suspicion attaches to the Salisbury murder, but perhaps a quiet investigation could be conducted to ascertain whether or not such a condition could have existed. Very sincerely yours, RW/ID Jl/^ut^^ Assistant Secretary William T. Andrews Special Legal Assistant ENDORSED BY THE NATIONAL INFORMATION BUREAU, 215 FOURTH AVENUE, NEW YORK |