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ARCHIBALD H. GRIMKE
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WALTER WHITE,
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

MARY WHITE OVINGTON
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

J. E. SPINGARN, TREASURER

DR. W. E. B. DU BOIS,
EDITOR OF THE CRISIS

ROBERT W. BAGNALL,
DIRECTOR OF BRANCHES

WILLIAM PICKENS,
FIELD SECRETARY

July 27, 1928

Hon. Samuel S. Koenig
Chairman, Republican County Committee
105 West 40th Street
New York City

My dear Mr. Koenig:

I have thought seriously over the offer
to me of the nomination to run for Congress from
the Twenty-first District.

I appreciate the high honor done me by
offering me this nomination, and I sincerely wish
I could accept it; but the fact of the matter is,
I am worn out by a period of unusual hard work
and I feel, and I am advised, that I am physically
unable to undertake at this time the strain of a
hard fought campaign. I must, therefore, with
great regret, positively decline to run.

Let me express to you and the others who
have been concerned how deeply I appreciate the
consideration of my name, and my hope that some
other colored man may be named.

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